| บทคัดย่อ(English) |
This ethnomusicological study was qualitative research with the following objectives: a study of the background, song analysis, development of drama and style changes of "Ngaw-Pa" drama, a drama form belonging to the Sakai people of Southern Thailand. The method of data collection was by in-depth interview of musicians working in Thai ensembles. The most outstanding feature of songs in Lakhon Ngaw-Pa are Wedding Part as authored by His Majesty King Rama V for lyrical performance accompanying Thai traditional orchestra performance. Part of the piece was later revised specifically for drama performance, which gained popularity and continues to be popular today. The Orchestral Performance Arts Institute-a performing arts propagation agency affiliated with the Fine Arts Department- has presented the Ngaw-Pa literature in a modernized drama version under directorship of skilled artists. The first artist presenting the Ngaw-Pa in a drama was Her Honorable Paew Sanitwongseni. Her version has been performed ever since. Later, the drama author, Miss Vantani Muangboon, brought this version into the present time and adapted it specifically for stage performance and as an off-stage play. An outstanding event in Ngaw-Pa is a traditional matrimonial ceremony that features the Ngaw-Pa dance, Chuychai dancing. This dance has gained enormous attractiveness and popularity due to its featuring of prima donnas. There are several lyrical features in the matrimonial ceremony, but the prominent one is Taohe Lullaby which is introduced with another kind of lullaby; then the Taohe lullaby itself starts with a slow melody, eventually culminating with rapid lyrics. Regarding the Chuychai dance, it is an entirely consecutive lyrical performance not alternated with oboe performance as other Chuychai dance is. This variation is called "Chuychai Puang". Both dances are categorized as Lower Note Piangor in which the performance method is similar to general drama performances. Elements of Ngaw-Pa reflect the social class inequality of its day and in adhering to tradition, has not abandoned any of those elements. Thus, Ngaw-Pa is a classical drama that realistically portrays the local lifestyle and as such, is the first modern literature form of concern in the study of the anthropology of the vanishing Sakai. |
