Pak Thong Chai Tradition According to Beliefs the People of Nakhon Thai District, Phitsanulok Province

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study the Pak Thong Chai of tradition according to the beliefs of the people of Nakhon Thai District. Phitsanulok Province, which is tradition that has been passed down with local wisdom for future generations to learn, have an understanding and have literature with empirical content and it is also unique to the people of Nakhon Thai born from beliefs about the heroic deeds of King Bangklangthao, who gained victory from the battle with the enemy therefore, he tied his waist cloth with the end of a stick and pinned it to the top of three is Khao Chanluang, Khao Yanhai, and Khao Chanplen to show victory as for making flags for use on the merit-making day of the Nakhon Thai people, the monks and community leaders will call the villagers to make an appointment to begin making the flags, using the place of those who have the ability to weave or village leader but in weaving, villagers come to help weave, by bringing the cotton grown together into a central pile, then it will be woven into a flag, the weaver is usually woman, because in the past, most Nakhon Thai women could weave and on flag parade day villagers will prepare food to make merit and offer alms to monks at the temple as for those who go up to plant the flag, they must prepare food for themselves and table for the monks to celebrate on the mountain, monks and villagers who wanted to plant the flag had to travel on foot through rice fields and forests to Khao Chang Luang, then the monks and villagers will take the flag and plant it at the top of the mountain while planting the flag, monks chant auspicious incantations village leaders tie the flag to bamboo pole, then he planted it in hole on the top of the mountain along with saying words of cheers, the ceremony ended.