Characteristics of ‘Northernness’ in Thai Entertaining Media, During 1976 - 2021

Abstract

as the following.  1) Living, presenting through teak stilt houses with ‘Ga-late’ gables; northern traditional clothing, especially women in long traditional skirts with Thai style shawls, wearing hair bun dressing with pins; generally, as for men, wearing, they wear ‘Mo-hom’ shirts; eating northern local food – for example Num-poo, crab paste; Larp-dip, spicy rare-cooked meat, etc.  2) Beliefs, people believing in various spirits like for instance Pee-sea-ban; Pee-pok-ka-long; and Pee-ka.  3) Traditions, on special days like Songkran – decorating ‘Tung’, northern traditional flags; or Loy Kratong – floating ‘Kratong’, a water lantern.  4) Values of northern people, showing in the typical northern charming woman, having a beautiful appearance and gentle manner; preferring to choose a Bangkokian groom; and wearing black ink tattoos. 5) Using the northern dialect, presenting a distinctly Northern style through dialect words and pronunciation accents.