THE BELIEF IN ANIMISM TOWARDS VILLAGE PEOPLE'S WAY OF LIFE: A CASE STUDY OF RITUAL ANCESTOR SPIRIT WORSHIP IN MAE MAO KHEE LEK VILLAGE, MON PIN SUB-DISTRICT, FANG DISTRICT, CHIANG MAI PROVINCE
คำสำคัญ:
To reserved woman, Protection, Animism, Spirit Ritualบทคัดย่อ
For thousands of years, Animism has had an important role in Southeast Asian society. Spiritual beliefs have combined with Buddhism and Brahmanism to form concepts that keep the order of society. However, over time, beliefs were challenged by the new ideas of the new generation. In this research investigates the belief in Animism towards village people's way of life: a case study of ritual ancestor spirit worship in Mae Mao Khee Lek Village, Mon Pin Sub-district, Fang District, Chiang Mai Province. The search aims to identify villagers' attitudes to spirits Ritual and the impact of belief in Animism towards village people's way of life. A semi-structured interview with convenience sampling is applied in this research. Moreover, the researcher uses thematic analysis to interpret and conclusions. The qualitative research results show that the young generation, such as Gen Y and Gen Z, tend to question the spirit ritual. The young generation is influenced by science and Law. Those things are affect to young generation's mindset. However, the people who were born in Babyboomer generation and Gen X are believe in the Spirit ritual. Moreover, Babyboomer Gen and Gen X tend to force their children to join the Spirit ritual.
The research uses Reciprocal Theory and Maslow's need hierarchy theory to descript the way of thinking. The Reciprocal Theory can describe the way of thinking that older people want to exchange by an offer to spirit for getting protection by spirit. Those things can show the Maslow's need hierarchy theory in the second state as a Safety Needs as a mental health. However, The young generation has safety needs differently, like movies, animals, and families.
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