Youth Council in Dan Sai District Loei Province Learning Local Tradition

Abstract

This article investigates two main issues— 1) culture and tradition learning of local the youths council in Dan Sai District Loei Province, and  2) networking of the youths for conserving Thai Loei local culture. Sources of data in this study are document sheets, previous researches, observation, and interviews. Local wisdom elites, youth council members, local government agencies, and school staffs are participants of the interviews. The results reveal that (1) the adolescents in Dan Sai District Loei Province learn local tradition from their family, local events, schools, and the youth council; (2) The network of local youths in Dan Sai district imitates culture conservation from their role models, such as the local leaders, or adults in their communities. In this district, there is a group of local traditions called Heed sip song khok sip see. These traditions consist of a local tradition of each month and fourteen folkways for local governor, such as the worship for Phathad Srisongrak, Phi Ta Khon in Boon Luang and local rocket festival.