APPROACHES FOR ORGANIZING THE LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES FOR ELDERLY HEALTH PROMOTION

Abstract

The objectives of the research were 1) to examine the context and problems of the elderly in Hua Sapan Village Community in Ban Yang sub-district in Phutthai Song district in Buriram province, and 2) to create a model for the local arts and cultural activities and local choreography performance for local dance to respect Luang Pu Khao in order to promote the elderly health by using the participatory action research methodology. The target group consisted of 60 male and female elderly villagers in Hua Sapan Village Community. Employing quantitative and qualitative research methods collected the data.  The instruments used in the research were unstructured Interview form and the evaluation form to measure the happiness of the elderly ones.

            The results from the study showed that the elderly in the community were left to live at home. However, there is a good culture in the community. The researcher then developed the Buddha prayer song for telling the legend of Luang Pho Khao and designed 4 motor activities: lead-in moves, basic moves, mixed moves, and elderly elegant moves and create 1 local choreography performance: Luang Pu Khao respect dance by using dance moves of the legend of Luang Pu Khao, so it was easy for the elderly to remember and gain the elderly interests. They participated in the activities with enthusiasm and enjoyment throughout these motor activities from the results derived, from the assessment forms, which showed that the elderly quality of life level, and the score level of after participating the activities was higher than before participating the activities significantly different at .05 level in all aspects.