TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Development of the Folk Songs of Cultures between both
Mekong River Banks of Thailand and Lao PD
AU - Yapatang, Khamphan AU - Phothisane, Souneth AU - Champadaeng, Sitthisak 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 6
SP  - 1155
EP  - 1164
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2018.1155.1164
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.1155.1164
KW  - Thai folk song
KW  -Thai folk song
KW  -the comparative study between two cultural folk song
KW  -cultural revolution
KW  -technological application
KW  -revolutionary songs
AB  - This research was a qualitative research. This aim of this study was to study the development on the
folk songs of cultures between both Mekong river banks of Thailand and Lao PDR by the data from documents,
field studies, purposive sampling, key informants, focus group discussion, casual informants and general
informants. The results found that the development of Thai folk songs can be divided into four eras. First, the
pioneer era in 1938-1963 AD (2481-2506 BE), the folk song did not completely distinguish itself clearly from
another genre. Second, the musical movie era in 1964-1972 AD (2507-2515 BE, the folk song became a new
musical genre. Next, it was the life music era in 1973 AE-1997 AD (2516 BE-2540 BE). The politics influenced the
evolution of the folk music. Finally, the technological advancement era in 1998 AD (2541 BE) to present, the new
equipment has been used to record the folk song. Moreover, the results revealed that the Thai folk song had
more adaptation and technological application for production. For the development of Lao folk songs from 1940
to present can divided into four periods. First, the era of the French Empire in 1893-1954 AD (2493-2497 BE), it
was the starting era of modern Lao folk song. The song styles were patriotic songs and revolutionary songs.
Second, the era of the US Empire in 1954-1975 AD (2497-2518 BE), Baan Naa or Luk Thung song of Laos was
originated. Next, the era of socialism in 1975-1986 AD (2518-2529 BE), the Baan Naa folk song was stopped to
spread out because of the the coup d’etat. The forth era was the open era or current era in 1986 AD (2529 BE)
to present. The cultural revolution from the state policies affected the music industries. Many music businesses
were occurred to hold the trend. There was the spread out of the folk songs which brought changes from one
to another from the past to the present times. The folk songs of Thai and Laos’s cultures between both Mekong
river banks became wisdom media that presented a great value to both countries.
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