การอนุรักษ์และสืบสานประเพณีตักบาตรน้ำผึ้งชุมชนมอญ บ้านหนองดู่ ตำบลบ้านเรือน อำเภอป่าซาง จังหวัดลำพูน

Abstract

The study of Conservation and Continuation of Nongdoo Mon Community's Honey Offering Tradition to the Monks, Ban Reun Sub District, Pasang District, Lamphun province has the objectives of study about the context of history, society, and culture of the Mons people in Thailand including social and cultural of Nongdoo Mon Community and Tak Bart Nam Pueng tradition and issues of the tradition for present about how to conservation and continuation of Nongdoo Mon Community's Honey Offering Tradition to the Monks, Ban Reun Sub District, Pasang District, Lamphun Province. Results of the study revealed, Mons is ethnicities with Mongoloid descent. That ethnic group avacuate from South Myanmar to Thailand. The reason to avacuate is prisoner of war, draft And oppression from Myanmar. Mons have many identity such as Mon language, dress in Mon style and Mon's activities. Nongdoo Mon community in Lamphun has a long history about 300 years ago. This ethnic group evacuated from Myanmar to Nongdoo Village. Nongdoo Mon Community adjust to the local culture so which different other Mons in Thailand. Especially, Honey Offering Tradition to the Monks which is indicates overall identity of Mon. Every 15th day of the waxing moon on the 10th lunar month, Mon people will bring honey from home to temple for offering to the monks. After that, The monks bless for people and take honey to be an ingredient for making herbal medicine. So, Mon assume that Honey Ofiering Tradition is the same as giving medicine to the monks. In the present, culture shock and social change is important issue. So, the result is trend of Mon tradition in Nongdoo community is decrease successor and Mon tradition getting lost in the future. The tradition necessary conservation and continuation to remain and added value of economic.