Music in Long Khung Ceremony in Khon Sawan Village, Khon Sawan District, Chaiyaphom Province

Wutthisit Jeerakamon, Patuk Sinthorn

Abstract

The title of this study is music in Long Khung ceremony in Khon Sawan village, Khon Sawan district, Chaiyaphom province. It is a qualitative study and the objectives of this study were to study the procedure in Long Khung ceremony and to study music in Long Khung ceremony at Khon Sawan village. The data were collected from fieldwork include; interview and observation in knowledge person, performer and other person that relate with the ceremony. All data was analyze follow the objectives and research description by descriptive analysis method.

             The results of research were founded; 1) Long Khung is mean the gathering of Phi Fah (local spirit) attendants. The ceremony will do on a full moon of third month in every year. The ceremony does in 3 day; the first day call Ho Khao Tom period or preparing day that the day which villager prepare all needed for ceremony. The second day is the ceremony day that start in morning, the first step start from offer some areca and betel or the thing for using in ceremony next local dancing for spirit worship that the spirit name Srisalao after that the spirit medium converse with his attendants and receive the offering from attendants finally all people are dancing for open ceremony. They dance and recess in sometimes until night of the day. The last days, the ceremony begins in early morning that has open food set ceremony. This ceremony is the final of Long Khung ceremony and exclusive for attendant and medium.             

          2) Music in Long Khung ceremony, they use Kean Pad for instrument. The sound system of Kean Pad has 16 notes include A, B, C, D, E, F, G, G, A. B, C, D, E, F, G and A which has the same note is G. Lai Kean (Kean song) in Long Khung ceremony has 3 song include Lai Long are play before they giving some areca and betel. The song play with the medium singing and play before the medium communicate with the spirit. Lai Lum was play when the spirit possessed the medium when Kean plays this song all people in ceremony will dance. Noksangseawbincern is a kean song that all people in ceremony use dance around the place. Lai Long and Lai Lum have slowly rhythm but Lai Noksangseawbincern is fast pace. In the song has note A is a harmonious sound with the main melody call Done sound. Sound form only a short melody play repeatedly. The lyric is sing and speak assonance or not because they not focus in melodiousness but focus in context. Song rhythm nonfinite depends on the medium.