Rungek Music for the Kae Bon Ceremony of Urak Lawoi Ethnic Groups

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study 1) the history of Kae Bon Ritual. 2) the steps of Kae Bon Ritual and the music used in the Kae Bon Ritual of the ethnic Urak Lawoi. The study was qualitative research in musicology. The participants were those with expertise, practitioners, and related people with long experience in Urak Lawoi music. Data were collected based on the relayed advice of people in the community, most frequently named people, and the unprecedented events or venues while meeting the expertise by accident. The instruments used to collect data included a survey, an observation form, and interviews. The data were analyzed using ethnic identity concepts. The areas selected were 1) Ban Laem Took-Kae in the area of ​​Rawai beach, Mueang, Phuket, 2) Ban Sangka-u House, Ko Lanta, Krabi, and 3) Ko Lipe, Mueang, Satun. 

The results of the study showed that 1) Kae Bon Ritual was derived from the thinking concept of the power of ancestors’ spirit; the spirit makes the wish of the ehnic Urak Lawoi come true and they have to return the spirits and the things they promised. This concept is a mutual agreement. 2) The steps of the ceremony are; setting up the venue, preparing the offerings, musical instruments and seven Kae Bon songs; Lagu-Dua  Lagu-Ma’inang, Lagu-Ayam Didae, Lagu-Lae-ngang-Kang-Kong, Lagu-Talak-Tak-Tak, Lagu-Pagu-Gae-Lang and Lagu-Sa-Pa-Itu.