Theravada Buddhism and Political Engagement among the Thai-Lao of North East Thailand
The Bun Phra Wet Ceremony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5787903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leedom Lefferts (San Jose State University), Sandra Cate (Drew University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 329-341 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South East Asia Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-828X • E-ISSN: 2043-6874 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5367/sear.2012.0110 |
| OpenAlex | W2066262085 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Thai-Lao of North East Thailand (Isan), the major ethnic group in a core area of the Red Shirt movement, have long expressed concern with the well-being of the muang - now nation-state - in which they reside. This paper explores the proposition that the moral foundations for continuing political engagement at the muang level are explicitly stated in the annual Theravada Buddhist festival, the Bun Phra Wet, celebrated in almost every Thai-Lao village. Moreover, these concerns also involve appropriate actions by the people to correct the systems in which they live
Ceremony · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2019 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |