18th Arts and Culture Hoobkhoa Festival: The Commemorative Activities to Drive Sustainable Community Economics

Abstract

          The commemorative activities for Kanokpong Songsomphan have been continuously organized for a long time. Currently, the commemorative activities still exist and have many other activities, from commemorative activities to fairs. The purpose of this article is to study the activities organized at the 18^th Arts and Culture Hoobkhoa Festival and to investigate the relationship between the 18^th Arts and Cultural Hoobkhoa Festival and the sustainable development of the community economy using qualitative research methods. Data were collected through field visits, non-participant observation, and further study of documents using techniques to analyze document data related to the 18^th Arts and Culture Hoobkhoa Festival; then use the obtained data to analyze, interpret, and classify elements, organize information, link, compare content, and summarize information in descriptive writing. From the study, it was found that there are 10 activities organized at the 18^th Arts and Cultural Hoobkhoa Festival: writer camp, activities art camp activities “Art creates happiness,” youth music camp activities “Art creates happiness,” literary lecture discussion activity Southern arts and cultural activities, activities to remember the passing of Kanokpong Songsompan, activities to present 8^th Kanokpong Songsomphan Award activity, 18^th Rain Valley Concert activity, national artist hand-stamping activity, and activities for visiting Lard Tai Nod In terms of the relationship of the 18^th Arts and Cultural Hoobkhoa Festival with the sustainable community economic driving 3 dimensions: social dimension, economic dimension, and environmental dimension, which make the activity to remember Kanokpong Songsomphan, named the 18th Rainmaking Valley Expo, help sustainably contribute to the community economy, create unity in the community, create income for people in the community, and integrate the process of creating environmental awareness.