Reproduction and Regeneration in Boon Khao Jee trandition, Pho Chai District, Roi Et Province

Chanyuth Sonjan

Abstract

This article purposed to present Boon Khao Jee tradition which is a important tradition of Esan people passing on from the past. The case study was Boon Khao Jee tradition in Pho Chai district, Roi Et province. It aimed to examine current social context on how it was interited, reproduced, and pregenerated as phenomenon of ‘creative folklore’. It was assumed that Boon Khao Jee tradition in Pho Chai district, Roi Et province had changing dynamic which was unstable and always flowing as an inherited, reproduced, regenerated tradition. Results showed that Boon Khao Jee tradition in Pho Chai district, Roi Et province was reproducing itself following origin practicing tradition, and it was regenerated by communicative method through stories and tales in Boon Khao Jee tradition. Moreover, Reproduction was carried out by practicing in Buddhism’s ceremonies. Khao Jee production was originally reproduced by local method, but it was shifted to produce by the way of government. For regeneration, Boon Khao Jee tradition was borrowed to build political ideology which was taken to make an identity of people in Pho Chai district, and it was interestingly increasing value of OTOP agricultural goods from Boon Khao Jee tradition.