Creation of Buddha images made of flowers by the cooperation of people in Pa Tum Don community, Phrao district, Chiang Mai province

Abstract

This research article from action research emphasizing community participation. This article aims to study and create of buddha images made of flowers by the cooperation of people in Pa Tum Don community, Phrao district, Chiang Mai province. The operation has 20 leaders participating in the project, most of whom are over 40 years old, and there is one monk, namely, the abbot of Wat Pa Tum Don. All are people in the community. Wat Pa Tum Don was used as the place of operations. Operations consisted of 5 activities: 1) Telling the project and picking flowers in the community 2) Selecting and designing Buddhist works of art 3) rototyping creation 4) Learning together to create Buddha images together 5) Sharing offerings to Buddha images flower. Operations follow 4 processes according to the concepts of Cohen and Uthoff, consisting of 1) participation in decision making, 2) participation in Implementation, 3) participation in benefits, 4) Participation in evaluation.