Communication for Transmission of the Local Wisdom “Tang-Yuak”

Abstract

The wisdom of “Tang-Yuak” has been in Thailand for many years. However, the youth has not been interested in this topic, as a result, this wisdom has currently been disappeared because there are not that many experts and most of them do not reach this wisdom to other people. Accordingly, the researcher has been interested to study in the wisdom of “Tang-Yuak” and its’ communication in order  to retain and widespread the wisdom of “tang-Yuak”. Specifically, the scope of    this research has been focused on the wisdom of “Tang-Yauk in the Plai-Bang community, Nonthaburi Province and Champa Temple community, Thalingchan district, Bangkok. By the way, the researcher has used the quality, information gathering, no participation observation and interview of the expert research’s technique. There are 5 experts and 30 audiences in this research. Finally,   the researcher has concluded the final result.

 It has been concluded that the wisdom of “Tang-Yuak” is the knowledge of the ancestor and has continuously inherited from generation to generation. People use the banana stalk as a material because it can be easily found in the village. It can be used both in an auspicious ceremonies and unauspicious ceremonies. There wisdoms are different from places to places because there are many factors of the knowledge, the environment and the skill of any expert.  The survival of the wisdom of “Tang-Yuak” depends on many factors such as  the knowledge in an expert’s family, the realization of people in the community and the succession of ancient traditions and religious ceremonies. On the other hands, the key factor to make this wisdom disappear mainly focuses on the difference of the period of time and the modern technology.

The survival of the wisdom of “Tang-Yuak” and the communication to teach the wisdom of “Tang-Yuak” have the close relationship. It is very hard to separate both of them. In order to keep the wisdom of “Tang-Yuak” survived in Thai’s society, the pass of acknowledge via media is the most important factor. However, this communication should be done in various kinds of media. It should not limit only personal media but other media should be integrated in order to keep the wisdom of “Tang-Yuak” survived.