Poy luk kaewTaling Chan Sub District .

Bandanlanhoi District .Sukhothai ,Thai land.

Title : Poy luk kaew Author : suba_5chudapon

(chudapon Boonkird)Advisors:Ms.Janson Konna, Mr.Kittipong Thaiwat,

Mr.Akkachai Suriye, Mrs.Chisa Rakwanna, Ms.Jeerapha Tancharoen and

Ms.Watchara Yaem-maak.

Statement of problem: Sub District Customs and Tradition.(Poy luk kaew.)

Poy luk kaew festival is one of the important traditions of Lampang people (most of people in Taling Chan and from Lampang). The purpose of this tradition is to donate daily utensils in baskets for ancestors. But now generation my community (Taling Chan sub district) don’t know how important of this tradition is, and don’t know how to decorate Poy luk kaew, too.

So, I do this project to conserv and convince new generation of my community (Taling Chan sub district) to know the value of this tradition and conserve it for further generations.

Objectives: Sub District Customs and Tradition. (Poy luk kaew.)

1.To study about community and community culture of Sukhothai and Bandanlanhoi in topic of Poy luk kaew, enables me to develop an understanding of my place within my community and conserve it.

2.To compare my experience with my friends and learner aboard, specifically in my own community, country.

3.To use English in order to exchange information and communicate effectively.

Process: Sub District Customs and Tradition.( poi luk kaew.)

Stage1 Study and research the tourist spots of to create the presentation (Power Point presentation, E-book or Flash) and post in http://cc.britishcouncil.org/studentdialogues/ School Projects/Better Community Better Life

Stage2 Community culture investigation & survey in topic of Poy luk kaew.

Stage3 Community cultural branding presentation (Sub District Customs) in topic of Poy luk kaew.

Stage4 Post the cultural branding presentation in http://cc.britishcouncil.org/studentdialogues/ School Projects/Better Community Better Life to compare the experience with learner aboard

Stage5 Better Community and Better Life presentation and exhibition (at school or community).

Geographical Features

ofTal ing Chan Sub

distr ict

Taling Chan Sub districtTaling Chan Sub district is at the southern- most

part of northern Thailand, It is about 498 kilometers from Bankok by bus. Taling Chan Sub district is considered to northwest – central Bandanlanhoi in the western part of Sukhothai Province, northern Thailand, based on the physical features. The area cover 334 square kilometers.

Taling Chan Sub district is considered to northwest – central Bandanlanhoi in the western part of Sukhothai Province, northern Thailand

North : Weang Mok District of Lampang Province, Klang Dong sub District of Thung Saliam

District.South : Weangluk Sub District, Bandanlanhoi

District.East : Weang Nam Khaw Sub District, Bandanlanhoi

District.West : Mueang Tak District of Tak Province

There are 10 villages• Moo 1 Ban Taling Chan The population 1,065• Moo 2 Ban Wang Had The population 802• Moo 3 Ban Wang Hin The population 863• Moo 4 Ban Lan Kra Bue The population 967• Moo 5 Ban Wang Tok The population 1,114• Moo 6 Ban Hnong Tao Poon The population 1,821 • Moo 7 Ban Hnong Bua Dam The population 476• Moo 8 Ban Taling Chan South The population 763• Moo 9 Ban Lan Kra Bue South The population 979• Moo 10 Ban Wang Chai yoi The population 585

Poy luk kaew

The Poy Sang Long is a three-day celebration of Buddhist novice ordination which usually takes place in late March or early April of every year in the Thailand’s most north-western province of Sukhothai.

The festival is rich in color and display making it a most exciting event that draws residents of the entire province to take part. Prior to the arrival of the three-day festival, the boys have their heads shaved and are then bathed and anointed with special waters. They are dressed up in jewelled finery and their faces are expertly made up. These boys are known as the “Jewel Princes” or “Look Kaew” in Thai.

In the early morning of the first day, the celebration begins with a procession around the town. Accompanying the procession are flutes, lutes, fiddles, drums and cymbals. In the procession, each boy is accompanied by three attendants ; one to carry him, another to shelter him from the sun with a tall gold umbrella, and the third to guard the precious jewels. The Boys are led to visit relatives and friends and then join the communion lunch. After the feast, relatives and the elders tie white threads around the wrists of the boys to protect them from evil spirits. Thus ends the first day of the event.

On the second day, the same procession again takes place. This time, the procession includes offerings for the Buddha, other necessities for monks and a horse symbolising the vehicle of the spirit of the city pillar. In the evening, after having dinner, there is the rite of calling “spirit” or “Kwan” in Thai and a verbal recitation to prepare the boys for the actual ordination in the following day.

The last day begins with the procession of the boys to the temple for ordination. At the temple, the boys ask permission to be ordained from the senior monks. Once accepted, the boys then take vows, change the princely attires to yellow robes and become full novices. The greatest event then ends here.

Thank you…Thank you…