The objectives of this research were : (1) to study the development and promotion of Arts and Culture of Thai Sangha, (2) to analytically study the condition of development and promotion of Arts and Culture of Sangha in Samutsonghkram Province at the present, (3) to propose the guidelines for development and promotion of Arts and Culture of Sangha in Samutsongkhram Province.
The methodology was the qualitative research, collecting data from related texts and researches and 29 key informants by in-depth-interview and focus group discussion with 8 participants. Data were analyzed by the descriptive interpretation,
The Findings of Research were as follows :
1. To promote the arts and culture at the present, especially the arts and culture of Buddhism will get the strong impacts from the change of society , economy and society and make the people looking at the religion both good and bad views. But Buddhism has still high influence in arts and culture in the minds of Thai people and it shows in the form of antique places and ancient materials, tradition, habit, arts and culture or loving kindness and hospitality. These things may call as the identity character of Thai society. The persons who have pushed Thai society to be the Buddhist society from the past up to the present are the Sangha or monks. The Sangha institution is very important traditional institution. The monks from the past up to the present have played the major role in the way of life for Thai Buddhists both morality and ethics aspects and world activities. Sangha is one out of Triple gem, are Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, like the representative of Lord Buddha that is the most important part of Buddhism and cannot avoid it at all in daily life of Buddhists. It is not only the mental refuge but also indicates and lead the morality and ethics by doing as sample for all and it is the hospitality institution for religious ceremony and ritual rites. Sangha has still the duty to promote and preserve the arts and culture and give the other services that government agencies can not serve all people, help the government to attain more objectives and the society in many aspects.
2. The problems for the development and promotion of Arts and Culture of Samutsonghkram Province due to the impacts from social and economic development under the stream of globalization age that it has multi and rapid data and information for consumption that created the imbalance in development and promotion of Arts and Culture of Samuthsonkhram province for six problems as follows :1) Environment condition, 2) Religious ceremony/ Ritual Rite, 3) Media for development and promotion of arts and culture, 4) Learning center of arts and culture, 5) Academic Activities in Promotion of arts and culture, 6) Network members of arts and culture. It created many social problems from individual
3. The development and promotion of Arts and Culture in Samutsongkhram Province is for the development and promotion of arts and culture to achieve the objectives of the development and promotion of arts and culture for 6 aspects : 1) Environment condition, 2) Religious ceremony/ Ritual Rite, 3) Media for development and promotion of arts and culture, 4) Learning center of arts and culture, 5) Academic Activities in Promotion of arts and culture, 6) Network members of arts and culture as follows Buddhism is the important root of Thai arts and culture due to Thai people have believed in Buddhism for a long time and Principles of Buddhadhamma in Buddhism melt and absorb in the way of Thai life , become the grass root of way of Thai life in all aspects like way of life for living, language, tradition, custom and morality are the constitution of life for behaving well, right behavior, cultivate the goodness and mental stability for the happiness of own and community that if the people in society have the belief and faith in the principles of Buddhadhamma in Buddhism so it will be a part of the arts and culture promotion. |