Tiny Hunter's Face and Tiny Headdress: Cultural Capital Development to Cultural Products

Abstract

 The study on Tiny hunter's face and tiny headdress: cultural capital development to cultural products is based on a qualitative research method. The objective is to study the development of cultural capital into the cultural products of the tiny hunter's face and tiny headdress. The data were collected from texts and field documents with informal observations and informal interviews. The area of study is Trang. The study indicated that people in the South believe that the headdress and the hunter's face are the representatives of Krumor Nora, which is a holy spirit. Therefore, there was an the initiation of the invention of the headdress and hunter's face to create a talisman, which can be easily carried. Mr. Teung and his family, Trang people, are the family inventing the headdress and the hunter's face for sale. However, when 2016, the making of tiny headdresses and tiny hunters was initiated and improved. The concept of this work is the goal to increase the variety of products without destroying the traditional cultural base. At present, this product is highly demanded. This present study, therefore, proposed the future development of the work, namely the creation of Nora dolls and Huntsman dolls and hiring workers to help create the product appropriately. The analysis of the way of thinking in the work of Mr. Teung and family revealed that they relied on the concept, "Sufficiency Economy Philosophy.”