Hmong ethnic folk tales : Imagination from stories towards mixed media art with participation from youngsters from Hmong communities in Chiang Mai Province

Abstract

Hmong ethnic folk tales are considered a cultural heritage that can learn the Hmong’s worldview. Hmong folk tales are born from imagination, attitude of the people in that society that inherit the teachings and beliefs. When there are changes of immigration of eating areas, outbreak, education and trading, causing the new generation Hmong people forget the cultural heritage. Reviewing the Hmong folk tales is like resurrecting the meaning of those memories to live a close connection the people of modern times for these new generation Hmong people to be proud of their knowledge and appreciate the value of cultural identity for future generations. The purpose of this study is to study the context of history, society and culture of the Hmong community, including concepts and wisdom in various fields as well as studying the Hmong folk tales in the Hmong community at Mae Sa Mai village and Mae Sa Noi village, Pong Yaeng subdistrict, Mae Rim district, Chiang Mai province. Perform synthetic analysis for the creation of mixed media arts with the participation of youth in the community. Inspired by imagination, stories or folk tales of the Hmong people to stimulate the awareness of the cultural identity of the Hmong people, with the Art Creative Research style, using Interdisciplinary research and presenting the results of the study in descriptive form and presenting the art creation work. The study found that the 9 folktales of the Hmong folktales of Mae Sa Mai and Mae Sa Noi villages, Pong Yaeng Subdistrict, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province. Then selected Hmong folktales stories from the Hmong community youth to choose by using human principles as the centre. The group of relations between the Hmong folktales is divided into 3 groups as follows: The relationship between man and man, the relationship between man and nature, the relationship between man and supernature. Therefore select 3 Hmong folk tales (from 9 Hmong folk tales) To bring the process of visiting the art activity area with the Hmong youth Mae Sa Mai Village and Mae Sa Noi Village, Pong Yaeng Subdistrict, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province. As a result of the activities, the researcher synthesized the lines of the Hmong youth together with the imagination of the researcher, turned out to be a mixed media art participation with Hmong youth by creating techniques from natural materials in Hmong lifestyle. Presented in the form of mixed media art exhibition Which installation art for the Hmong youth and those interested in art can participate in the creative work that is displayed at this time.