Development of Performing Arts by the Community to Enhance Tourism Driven by a Creative Community Grounded in Agricultural Ways, Art, and Cultural Heritage in Nakhonpathom, Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram, and Samut Sakhon Provinces, Thailand

Abstract

            The research titled in the development of performing arts by the community to enhance tourism driven by a creative community grounded in agricultural ways, art and cultural heritage in Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram, and Samut Sakhon Provinces, Thailand aimed to; 1) develop the performing arts to enhance tourism activities by a creative community grounded in agricultural ways, art and cultural heritage in Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram, and Samut Sakhon Provinces, and 2) create the performing arts models to enhance tourism activities by a creative community grounded in agricultural ways, art and cultural heritage in Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram, and Samut Sakhon Provinces. The research used Participatory Action Research: PAR. The tools used in the research were focus group interviewing form, performing arts evaluation form, and satisfaction questionnaire. The research conducted by the cooperation of the community in every process as small group meeting, knowledge sharing, problems and need analysis leading to design and create the performing arts, and grounded the concept from cultural capital of community-based. The target areas included 4 provinces; Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram, and Samut Sakhon. The results founded that there were 2 areas where are prepared and participated in creating the performing arts as Nakhon Pathom in the title of “Romsattha” (Thammapanyaram Temple, Bang Muang) and as Ratchaburi in the title of “Reumbhuchasantapakham”. The result also showed that the guideline in creating performing arts, community participation models, and procedures which bringing to making performing arts development manual, organizing workshop, and transferring knowledge to the community. This leaded to enhance tourism activities by the community, increase community incomes, and conserve and inherit cultural capital in each area sustainably.