Kui : The Study on Ethnic Group, Language and Myth

Abstract

The long history of Kui or Kuay ethnic groups reflect migration and settlement appearance name of their villages and town in other regions in Southeast Asia.The Kui or Kuay assumed that the first group settlers in this area. Their migration in I-sarn area of Thailand, although there aren’t evidence and timing for answer some question that “where did they come, when did they come, what was reason of their migration and how many people came to here”, have the role in area South I-sarn and live here for long time. Their crowded community is Surin province.
Some in the part, Head of their was role in Siam government. There are Phrayasurinphaktisrinarongcangwang, Phrasrinagaratau, Phrasangaburi and Phrakraisrinagaralamduan.
Khmer Padong and Sauy are words that Thai peopleknow and call them. But they call themselves that Kui, Kuay, Koy or Kuy that mean human. They have language culture and the way of life themself. Thier Identity is perception of other ethnic group that Surin is town which made by them.
Their dominant Culture namely, the belief in ancestral spirits called Yachuh, the prediction to detect any lost property called Pol, the therapeutic treatments based on a belief called Kael Mo and ritual beliefs about elephants, the current status of their culture may be considered in the move towards a cultural crisis. The Cultural mix of their culture with other cultures occurs because of the influence of other cultures into the role of social and cultural domination. So there are various organizations that help preserve and inherit a legacy passed down to their offspring in the future.