Khaen: An Application of Isan Local Wisdom for Conservation Revitalization and Development of Raw Materials and Khaen Making for Value-Added Culture (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION Khaen or Mouth-organ is a musical instrument in Mouth-Organ line. It was related to cultural thinking system for a long period of time in Indo-china Ocean. According to evidence appearing on the ceremonial kettle drum surface of Dongson cultural in Vietnam, it was in old age approximately 800 years before Christ Era (Etr Harich-Schneider, 1973: 125). According to old record of China, Khaen, in 2154, stated that before Christ, Wang Tee Emperor sent the expert "Ling Lune" to the western mountain area for cutting the bamboo stalk to manufacture the musical instrument as a Chinese Reed Mouthorgan or Sheng. Later on, European imitated manufacturing Reed Mouthorgan, Harmonica and Accordion as China. The musical instrument like Reed Mouthorgan was still be used in to Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Mianmar, Thai, Lao, Cambodia and Indonesia. The eastern countries like Iraq, Iran (2). Therefore, Reed Mouthorgan was one of the oldest musical instrument in the world.