From Preservation and Safeguarding of Rongngeng Performance of Urak Lawoi under Law to Cultural Market Sumullika Dowsuwan (a*), Panuwat Pankaew (b)
a) Faculty of Law, Thaksin University on Phatthalung Campus
222 Banpraow, Pa-Phayom, Phatthalung 93210, Thailand
*Email: sumul.som[at]hotmail.com
b) Faculty of Law, Thaksin University on Phatthalung Campus
222 Banpraow, Pa-Phayom, Phatthalung 93210, Thailand
Email: poundpanuwat777[at]gmail.com
Abstract
This paper aims to study the preservation and safeguarding of Rongngeng performance on Lipe Island under Law. Lipe Island located in Satun province, southern of Thailand. On this island, it has ethnic group who called Urak Lawoi. They have Urak Lawoi language, ceremony and performing arts, especially Rongngeng Performance that reflects their way of life. Moreover, aforementioned performance is a regional performance of Urak Lawoi that combines dance and singing. Rongngeng Performance as performing art, it is intangible culture under the definition of convention for the safeguarding of the intangible culture heritage, 2003. Furthermore, Thailand as a party of aforementioned convention and has an obligation as follows: to enact Thai law and take the action in accordance with the convention. Currently, Thailand legislate the Act on Preservation and Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and ministry of culture shall take the action and enforcement under this act. Additionally, ministry of culture can make a policy for Rongngeng Performance, it shall be preserved by local scholar, Ban Koh Lipe school (located on Lipe Island) and local administrative organization as follows: Ban Koh Lipe school may invite the local scholar who is Urak Lawoi and know the Rongngeng Performance by teaching the student in aforementioned school and forming team in order to make the market to show this performing art. Therefore, Urak Lawoi area on Lipe Island can make the Cultural Market to sell their product and culture to generate income and development for ethnic group of Urak Lawoi also.
Keywords: Rongngeng performance Intangible culture Cultural Market
