摘要：This paper discusses music healing rituals from North, Northeast and Southern Thailand from an ethnomusicological perspective. These
healing rituals bring together supportive aspects of the family, the community and spiritual entities, and the shaman is the leader and
conductor for these events. The shaman utilizes music incorporating the whole community. The shaman elicits support from the spirits.
During these ceremonies music is provided as a healing process force. It entices and recruits spirits, it distracts the participant from
unpleasant experiences felt in their body. Even in today’s modern society these healing rituals have persisted, as they are inseparable
from these animistic belief systems in these regions.
其他摘要：This paper discusses the music healing rituals from North, Northeast and Southern Thailand. In general, these healing rituals bring together supportive elements from the family, the community and spiritual entities with the shaman as a conductor. Shaman utilizes music in corporate the community as a whole including elicits the support from the spiritual entitles. Traditional music healing process played the role as enticement to recruit spirits, distract the patients from experiencing unpleasant in their body. Even in today’s modern society these healing rituals have persisted, as they are inseparable from these regions’ animistic beliefs system.
关键词：Music healing Thailand; Music ritual; Shaman music; Thai Folk Music; Isaan music
