Functionalism and Beliefs Through Tai-Khun Woven fabric: Case study of Baan Ton Haen, Amphoe San Patong, Chiang Mai
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Baan Ton Haen, Amphoe San Patong, Chiang Mai is a community with outstanding folk wisdom, especially the Tai-Khun woven fabric that is inherited from generation to generation. Tai-Khun's woven fabric reflects the identity of the Tai-Khun people. The pattern of the woven fabric has the meaning and beliefs of the Tai-Khun people; belief in the real world, belief in Buddhism, and belief in the world of spirit. The pattern's appearance on the woven fabric and the attiring of Tai-Khun people's woven clothes has social functions in the Tai-Khun society, which can be classified into 3 aspects is: the first, the role of explaining the meaning and rationale of using Tai-Khun woven fabric; the second, the role of maintaining standardized behavioral patterns in social norms; and the last, the role of being the spiritual anchor of Tai-Khun people.
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Mr. Anek Puangkham, 62 years old, house number 20/1, Ban Ton Naen Noi Tha Wang Phrao Subdistrict San Pa Tong District Chiang Mai Province
Mr. Arun Pradit, 95 years old, Ban Ton Naenoi Tha Wang Phrao Subdistrict San Pa Tong District Chiang Mai Province
Mrs. Fong Nuan Thavaree, 62 years old, house number 57, Ban Ton Na Luang Tha Wang Phrao Subdistrict San Pa Tong District Chiang Mai Province
Mrs. Homnuan Sikantha, 96 years old, house number 23, Ban Ton Naenoi Tha Wang Phrao Subdistrict San Pa Tong District Chiang Mai Province
Mr. Manit Khetsit, chairman of the San Pa Tong District Cultural Council Chiang Mai Province
