The Cultural Dynamics of Community Funeral Arrangement in Kosumphisai Sup-District Municipality Kosumphisai District Mahasarakham Province.

Abstract

This research consists purposes were 1. to study the cultural dynamics of funeral arrangements in Kosumphisai sup-district municipality and 2. to study the process of becoming a funeral business in Kosumphisai sup-district municipality. It is a qualitative research. The research tools consisted of an interview form, an observation form, a recording group discussion form. The target group of the research consisted of 20 people who were selected by purposive sampling. The data gathered from research tools and related documents were analyzed in terms of content. The results showed that 1) People prefer to hold funerals at home and cremate the bodies in the sediments of temples in residential areas. Funerals in the past emphasized the relationship of people in the community. in helping each other When a crematorium was built using charcoal and a burial pavilion make people gradually changed to a funeral tradition at the temple as for the current funeral arrangements of the community in Kosumphisai Sub-district Municipality The popularity of organizing more funeral traditions at temples Because every temple in the municipality has built a crematorium and a convenient burial pavilion. The crematorium has been improved to be electric. Reduce smoke, make the community pollution-free. and the meaning and value of time in relation to rituals and 2) in terms of objects to express the social status that led to capitalist culture and funeral business. Become a product in the form of a commercial death, including flower arrangements in front of the corpse. Catering food, coffin making that can meet the various needs of the host to be comfortable.