Open AccessCHANGES IN RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES OF SOUTHERN KHMER THERAVADA BUDDHISTS IN SOC TRANG PROVINCE, VIET NAM, FROM 1986 TO 2015
Author(s) -
Khanh Tiet Pham,
Ly Minh Lam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
khoa học
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1859-4816
DOI - 10.35382/18594816.1.42.2021.692
Subject(s) - geography , socioeconomic status , period (music) , socioeconomics , demography , sociology , population , art , aesthetics
The study aims to identify the changes in religious activities of Southern Khmer Theravada Buddhists in Soc Trang Province in the period of 1986 to 2015. The methods of interview and questionnaire were used to collectprimary data in the study. Research results found that there are many changes in the religious activities of Southern Khmer Theravada Buddhists in Soc Trang Province from 1986 to 2015. Occu pational structure, age group, number of monks, dignitaries, activities of monks are the changes identified from the findings. These changes reflect the change in the concept of Southern Khmer Theravada Buddhists, the change in socioeconomic conditions in Soc Trang Province in the period of 1986 to 2015.