The Folk Music Culture in Worship Ritual Construction of Phrathat Choengchum Worawihan and Phrathat Naraichengweng

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to study about style of folk music culture, the appropriate options for guidelines and conservation of folk music culture in ritual construction of Phrathat Choengchum Worawihan and Phrathat Naraichengweng. The research participants 62 people. The research was action research consists of 4 stages and 2 rounds. The instruments used in this study were moderately scheduled formal interview, meeting minutes, focus group discussion form and observation form. The results revealed the following points. 1) The style of folk music culture in ritual construction should have the full composition of the music is the art of sound that derived from human effort to create sound in sound order, rhythm, melody, tone color, homophonic texture and forms by using a variety of sounds, including flipping, milling, hitting and blowing with the main vocals, Khaen, Phin, Pong Lang and Vode. 2) The best appropriate options for guidelines and conservation consisted of work shop, follow-up supervision and coaching. 3). There is a suitable tonal register and a joyful rhythm to motivate people to participate the dance in ritual circumstance. The structural melody base on original melody that was easy to recognize. Some parts of the melody had been applied form the original pattern of Pu Thai traditional tune that the most people who participate in the worship service are familiar with.