A Comprehensive Survey of the Modern Candle Festival
| dc.contributor.author | Sakchai Uttito | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-02-20T04:30:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-02-20T04:30:43Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2011-01-24 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-01-24 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This research aims to study data on historical information, components, and creative thinking,standardization of rule in competition, and the evolutional creation of the Candle Festival contest. Thecompetition uses both prints and sculpture methods. The Candle Festival also displays the evolution ofart by its top artisans, and it is like a proving ground to show the prowess of each area through theirmagnificent candles. The researcher studied the period of 5 years between 2003 to 2007 by keepingthe data and interviews on craftsman who were related in the candle contest. Data analysis involvedtexts and forms of the candle to study development of construction of candle by artisans at UbonRatchathani. So, the results would have advantages for the next Candle Festival. The researcher foundthat the candles that were constructed depicted the life and stories of former incarnations of theBuddha. Some of the candles were used for telling the stories of royals in ceremonies. From the dataconclusion, the main components of the candles have two parts: candle and stories on the candle. Thecommittee will give a point to the competitors following the standards and rules. Finally, the evolutionof candles only changed only in some aspects. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences; Volume 28 Number 1Jan-Mar 2009; 68-82 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/130733 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences | en_US |
| dc.rights | Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/JHSS/issue/archive | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/JHSS/article/view/4770 | en_US |
| dc.title | A Comprehensive Survey of the Modern Candle Festival | en_US |
| dc.type | Articles | en_US |