Authors : Anukul Siripun, Niyom Wongpongkham, Homhuan Buarabha and Woralun Boonyasurat
Abstract: Spiritual belief (in community gods) of Tai Kuen community, Kengtung, Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Maeta community, Lampang, Thailand. Spiritual beliefs and community gods reverence of Tai Kuen community, Kengtung, Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Maeta community, Lampang, Thailand are based on the community’s need that these spirits and gods are believed to bring happiness and prosperity to the community through rituals, spiritual medium, political administration and economy that has been situated in livelihood of people in both cities. One common thing that people both in Kengtung and Maeta have is the tight relation with Buddhism integrated in the theistic beliefs in ghosts and spirits adopt from Hinduism and Buddhism. Both of them are similar in their rituals. These are the spiritual anchors for people in both cities to obey customs and traditions, e.g., beliefs, ethnicity and tribal religions originally from their ancestors that have been passed through generations from the past to the present.
Anukul Siripun, Niyom Wongpongkham, Homhuan Buarabha and Woralun Boonyasurat, 2020. Comparative Study of Spiritual Beliefs in Tai Kuen Community, Kengtung, Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Maeta Community, Lampang, Thailand. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 2381-2389.