Cultural Identity of the Vernacular Houses of Koh Yao Noi Island, Phang Nga Province

อัตลักษณ์ทางวัฒนธรรมเรือนพื้นถิ่นเกาะยาวน้อย จังหวัดพังงา

Abstract

          The objective of this research was to study the availability of natural spaces, the construction of vernacular houses and the vernacular housing design, the relationship between spaces and the community way of life. This is the qualitative research that surveyed 2 vernacular houses by interviewing, meeting with groups of vernacular house owners, religious leaders, village philosophers, and tourism entrepreneurs.

          The findings revealed that the construction of vernacular houses on Koh Yao Noi Island corresponded to the geography, climate, and way of life of Thai Muslims. The housing style was an elevated wooden house built on the foot of a pillar. The interior space had a hall in front of the house with elevating flooring used for a bedroom, and a lifted kitchen floor occupied with a kitchen and the staircase. On the outside, there was a barn, a well, an agricultural zone, and a bathroom, all of which were related to a way of life based on religious beliefs traditionally related to life cycle for the benefit of the occupational relationship to the existence of people, including the housing wisdom created aesthetic, eco-social, cultural, and habitable values as well as contemporary benefits, and conveying the cultural identity of the vernacular houses to promote tourism. As a cultural heritage and its tourism resources that should be presented through media landscapes in terms of vernacular houses for tourists to visit has become a cultural capital that promotes tourism on Koh Yao Noi Island.