Abstract:
Research on the Phaya Yom parade tradition: The Process of Creating Meaning and the Form of Cultural Reproduction. It is a qualitative research. Research objectives: 1) To study the history of the Phaya Yom parade tradition. 2) To analyze the process of creating the meaning of the Phaya Yom parade tradition. 3) To analyze the pattern of cultural reproduction of the Phaya Yom parade tradition. Methods for collecting data are from documents, books, research, and field visits by researchers, by means of interviewing the target group observing with participation and non-participation and focus group discussion.The informants included a group of 20 people. They were selected by Purposive sampling until the information is saturated and checked. The researcher analyzed the data inductively (Induction) and presented the research findings in a descriptive and analytical manner along. The results of the research show that: 1) Phaya Yom procession tradition originated from a story told in the past of Bang Phra Subdistrict, Si Racha District, Chonburi Province, referring to the spread of malaria causing many people to become sick and die. Therefore, people tried to find a way to remove this epidemic by making a puppet of Lord Phaya Yom. The villagers then gathered together to perform a ceremony to worship and pay homage, asking for forgiveness for entrusting sorrow and illness to the statue of Phaya Yom, and bring ing it to the sea in the evening. The Phaya Yom parade tradition is held on 17th -18th April every year in the period after the Songkran festival in the Eastern region, called the Wan Lai Festival.2) The process of creating the meaning of the Phaya Yom parade tradition is a method to make the Phaya Yom parade tradition meaningful in the area, which is divided into 4 processes as follows: 1.The process of creating meaning through stories from the past. 2. The process of creating meaning through the Phaya Yom statue. 3. The process of creating meaning through rituals. 4. The process of creating meaning through individuals. 3) There are two forms of cultural reproduction arising from the Phaya Yom parade tradition: 1. Art objects 2. Literature3.Performances and activities. These forms of cultural reproduction preserve and inherit the Phaya Yom tradition.