“Barami Dee Tee Ton”: The Concept of Dasaparami and Presentation Techniques of Jataka Tales as Tales for Children in New Media

Abstract

The article aims to study the concept of the ten perfections (Dasaparami) and the techniques for presenting the jataka tales as tales for children in the Barami Dee Tee Ton project. The data was collected from the sound recordings of 10 jataka tales that are used for playing along with their animated movies. It is found that the dasaparami concept in the Jataka tales in the project has been presented in the same way as stated in Atthakatha and other Buddhist scriptures. However, the concept is interpreted and simplified to be understandable and easily adopted in daily life, which is suitable for the adaptations as tales for children. In addition, there are techniques to adjust the stories and their structures to suit primary school children. The techniques include the rearrangement of story structure, content editing, and the language in the stories. Therefore, this set of Jataka tales is remarkable and shows the value of Jataka tales and the dasaparami concept and how they exist in contemporary Thai society.