鬼面節（Phi Ta Khon Festival）：一個泰國丹塞地區的民族誌書寫

Phi Ta Khon Festival: An Ethnography of Dansai in Thailand

泰國丹塞縣（Dansai District）位於泰、寮邊境，當地居民以泰佬人（Tai-Lao）為主，每年雨季時，丹塞會舉行最大的做「賧」（Boonluang）儀式，祈求來年平安與厄運遠離；儀式中包含了戴鬼面的Phi Ta Khon活動，後來便將具歡樂氣氛的Phi Ta Khon活動訂為節慶主題，稱為「鬼面節」。
本文以民族誌書寫的方式，紀錄並分析丹塞地區鬼面節的儀式，同時以基模（schema）為論述架構，從宗教、國族意識、觀光經濟與地方教育等觀察面向，說明丹塞地區的文化情境和建構鬼面節之間的關連性。

Dansai is located along the border between Thailand and Laos. Local people call themselves “Tai-Lao”. Dansai residents hold the great merit-making ritual (Boonluang) every rainy season, and pray to the local ghosts to keep misfortune away from them. Boonluang is also known as “Phi Ta Khon Festival”, and is characteristic of the local Dansai culture.
This paper studies the Phi Ta Khon Festival through ethnography and analyses the “schema” of how to construct Boonluang in terms of religion, national consciousness, tourism economy and local education in Dansai.