Description:
Abstract: "The
research
will
be
discussed
on
villager?s
participation
in
connection
with
their
ceremonies
as
their
social
role
and
also
institution
for
new
generation.
They
have
altogether
four
main
festivals;
Shin
Pyu
Pwe
1,
Shan
New
Year
festival
2,
Thingyan3
(water
festival)
and
rite
of
passage;
obligation.
These
are
showed
for
their
interest
and
familiarity
among
them
and
degree
of
involvement
to
meet
his
or
her
societal
obligation
in
their
social
role.
The
research
will
be
focus
on
connection,
function
and
social
role
among
their
communities
concerned
with
ritual
and
ceremony.
In
Zaw
Ti
Gone
village,
most
of
villagers
practice
ritual
as
Buddhist
traditional
way.
The
paper
conduct
participatory
development,
and
interviewing
are
main
research
method
for
the
research.
Some
semi-structure
questionnaires
and
structure
questions
were
prepared
before
doing
the
research.
Major
field
work
duration
was
January
2013
to
December
2013.
After
the
time
occasionally
visit
for
doing
field
work
up
to
June
2015.
It
will
discuss
Ritual
and
Ceremony
of
Shan,
value
system
on
social
organization,
interaction
and
obligation
among
groups
and
their
hidden
institution.
The
villagers
are
nearly
half
is
Shan
national
and
others
are
Bamar
and
migrant
villagers.
For
village
ritual
and
social
affair,
most
of
the
leading
persons
are
Shan
nationals.
Main
ritual
and
seasonal
ceremonies
are
Shinpyu
Pwe,
Thingyan
festival,
Waso
festival,
Sabbath
days,
Thadingyut
(lighting
festival),
Kahtain
festival
and
New
Year
Festival
of
Shan
nationals.
The
study
also
observed
rite
of
passage
among
villagers
such
as
Monk
birthday
ceremony,
wedding
and
funeral.
The
paper
would
like
to
find
out
"How
and
Why
village
social
organizations
are
well
organized
among
themselves
and
help
each
other
based
on
these rituals?".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015.
Source/publisher:
International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-26 July 2015
Date of Publication:
2015-07-26
Date of entry:
2015-09-07
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