Abstract:
The main purpose of the thesis, namely Culture Change in Community and Life Crisis Rituals : a case study of Lao Song Community, Suphanburi Province, using anthropological methods, is to study the main causes which change in community and life crisis rituals with the following 8 hypotheses; 1. Material Innovation causes a change in community ritual. 2. Non-Material Innovation causes a change in community ritual. 3. National Economic and Social Development Plan causes a change in community ritual. 4. The development in government sector causes a change in community ritual. 5. Modern Communication causes a change in life crisis ritual. 6. Education causes a change in life carisis ritual. 7. Media causes a change in life crisis ritual. 8. Migration causes a change in life carisis ritual. This thesis has used the empirical data from Ban Donmaklir, Tambon Donmaklir, Ampher U-Thong, Suphanburi Province in the middle part of Thailand for study. All of these data confirm all the stated hypotheses. Finally, this study also concludes the en-countered problems and makes ineresting recommendations theoretically and practically.