The Myths of Chao Pho Pak Hueng: The Dynamic of the Sacred Narratives and the Construction of Social Space in Thai-Lao Border Communities

Authors

Payungporn Nonthavisarut
Pathom Hongsuwan

Publication Date

2013-01-01

Abstract

This article is responding to 2 questions: 1) what roles do the myths of Chao Pho Pak Hueng (Chao Ong Luang) (เจ้าพ่อปากเหืองหรือเจ้าองค์หลวง), the sacred narratives found near the Thai-Lao borderland in the Pak Hueng community of Chiangkhan district, Loei province, Thailand and in the Pak Nam Hueng community of Ken Thao, Xayabouly Province, Laos, play in constructing a physical sacred space and a spiritual sacred space through personal symbols, objects, places and rituals, and culturally, what do they communicate?; 2) what roles do the dynamic sacred narratives on Chao Pho Pak Hueng play in constructing a social space for the Thai-Lao borderland people in relation to the social and the political contexts? The analysis was based on symbols, symbolic meanings, concepts of sacred space and social space.

First Page

14

Last Page

34

Recommended Citation

Nonthavisarut, Payungporn and Hongsuwan, Pathom (2013) "The Myths of Chao Pho Pak Hueng: The Dynamic of the Sacred Narratives and the Construction of Social Space in Thai-Lao Border Communities," Manusya, Journal of Humanities: Vol. 16: No. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/manusya/vol16/iss2/2