STUDY OPINIONS OF PEOPLE TOWARDS CHAK PHRA FESTIVAL IN MUANG PAKPANANG MUNICIPALITY, NAKHON SI THAMMARAT PROVINCE.

Abstract

The objectives of this thesis were as follow 1. To study the people’s opinion towards Chak-Phra festival in Muang Pakpanang municipality, Nakhon Si Thammarat province. 2. To compare the people’s opinions towards Chak-Phra festival in Muang Pakpanang municipality, Nakhon Si Thammarat province in terms of sexes, ages, degrees of education, occupations and religions as differently. 3. To study the suggestion on the way for promotion of Chak-Phra festival in Muang Pakpanang municipality, Nakhon Si Thammarat province. The population were composed of people who live in Muang Pakpanang Municipality, Nakhon Si Thammarat province there are about 20,591 persons, sample size according to Krejcie and Morgan’s table measurement, the samples were about 377 persons.      

             The findings were as follows.

1. The people’s opinions towards Chak-Phra festival in Muang Pakpanang municipality, Nakhon Si Thammarat province by overview in five aspects found that there were at more level, when considered in each aspect from more to less found that the aspect of Buddhism belief and the aspect of cultural and social valuable were the highest mean and followed up the aspect of economic valuable, and the aspect of local folkway was the lowest mean and classified in term of sexes, ages, degrees of education, occupations and religions found that by overview was at more level.


2. The comparative results on people’s opinions towards Chak-Phra festival in Muang Pakpanang municipality, Nakhon Si Thammarat province in terms of occupations found that there were different as statistically significance at 0.01 but in terms of religions found that there were different as statistically significance at 0.05 and in terms of sexes, ages, and degrees of education found that there were not different as statistically significance at 0.05.


3. The suggesttions on the way to promote the Chak-Phra festival in Muang Pakpanang municipality, Nakhon Si Thammarat province found that the highest frequency is the aspects of components of boat’s body i.e. there should use a material and instrument that can find around the local place.