THE CREATIVE THAI DANCE TITLED “PAKUL”

Abstract

The creative Thai dance titled “Pakul” was the qualitative research in the form of creative study and aimed to (1) study the background and the belief of the strewing of Pikhul Ngern &  Pikhul Thong (artificial flowers) in the Royal Coronation, (2) creatively create the Thai dance performance titled “Pakul” and (3) teach the dancing movements to the bachelor’s degree students (only Freshman, Sophomore and Junior students) who had been studied in the major of Thai Classical Dance Education from the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi. The research tool was the structured interviews. By using the data obtained to analyze in order to find patterns in the creation of the show

The study found that (1) Pikhul tree was a kind of sacred trees in the Indra’s garden, so, the Pikhul’s flower represented of the heaven flower. According to the Royal Coronation, Pikhul flowers were made from gold and silver for the King to strew down during the ceremony. (2) The creative Thai dance named “Pakhul” was divided into 2 parts; the 1^st part was interpreting to the belief of the Pikhul tree that was one of the divined trees found in Indra’s garden and its flowers were called as heaven flowers, the 2^nd part was to convey about the belief toward Pikhul flowers, Thais believed that Pikhul flowers represented the wealthiness, abundance and success. And (3) The researchers adapted the Thorndike’s learning theory to teach the dancing movements to the bachelor’s degree students (Only Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Students) from Thai Classical Dance Education, the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi.