A study of hmong funeral music of keknoi sub-district,khao kho district,phetchabun province

Abstract

            This research aims to study  the funeral music of Hmong people, the Culture and context of the Little Hmong hill tribe in performing funerals,studying the role of musicAnd an analysis  of the music used for funeral rituals for hill tribe people in the Khek Noi Sub-district, Khao Kho District, in Phetchabun Province. The results of the study showed that the music of the Hmong Khek Noi people, had three songs. There songs include: 1) lost Footprints. Morning Prelude 2) Hmong day Song 3) Hmong Song they have the same characteristics of those used in Hmong funeral rites, The music is a sound that can conveys saying goodbye to someone you love, music that connects the soul to the Hereafter. These songs are played with inherited Khmong instruments, and each melody has one main melody. The melody may be changed as appropriate. It is clear in the contvey the soul of the deceased bto the physical characteristics of the hill tribe of Khek village until it has inherited the bonal music. In the funeral ritual of the little Hmong Khek, the later Hmong hill people have been influenced by people do not like to dress in local clothes. by popular western and modern music until they forget,there traditions music in funeral rituals of the Hmong may be lost. Despite to the changing conditions of society, there are still senior musicians and traditional Hmong song are still played in funeral rites today.