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Traditional Intricate Paper Cutting Techniques Of Southern Thailand: Background, Beliefs, And Cultural Animation Of Thai Buddhist Culture, Pannee Virunanont
Traditional Intricate Paper Cutting Techniques Of Southern Thailand: Background, Beliefs, And Cultural Animation Of Thai Buddhist Culture, Pannee Virunanont
Manusya, Journal of Humanities
Intricate paper cutting of Southern Thailand is a traditional folk art, which is passed down from one generation to another. However, there are no detailed studies or re-cords of the historical backgrounds, beliefs, and cultural animation of Thai-Buddhist culture in Southern Thailand concerning this folk art. This study, therefore, aims to examine this art form in Songkhla and Nakhon Sri Thammarat provinces, which have their own cultural identities. The goal is to register this art form as a part of cultural heritage. The compilation of vital data includes (1) paper characteristics, (2) paper en-graving methods, (3) colours, (4) instruments, (5) …