ECOLOGICAL STORY TELLING WITH CREATING CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IN BUENG-KARN COMMUNITY

Abstract

This article aimed to investigate the roles of ecological story telling with creating the cultural landscape in Bueng-Karn community. The information study of the story telling was mainly greetings given bylocal knowledge person in community. The content analysis was the concepts of folklore with investigating cultural landscape. The research findings found that Bueng-karn province was an Esarn community in Mekong River where had diversity story about describing to cultural landscapes involving with the way of community. The story content reflected the roles of creating cultural landscapes under relating between the nature and the cultural beliefs: traditional beliefs and religious beliefs. According to creating the meaning under the relations above reflected interesting to people's ways of thinking and vision involving with nature and environment around them.