3.3.4 Festival
The Buddhist temples are the central feature of most villages in Northeast Thailand and are used for religious ceremonies, festivals, and community meetings (Moulton, 2008). In order to construct and maintain temple facilities and hold festivals, at certain intervals villagers have to organize to gather and manage resources (materials, money and labor). There are 12 festival celebrated by villagers throughout the year as Buddhist religion festival. The participants have the awareness that less money is available for arranging the festival during the drought. The religion organization member mentioned about fewer donations for temple was observed during drought.