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Liminality & Festivities Facilitating Pandemic Fatigue: Songkran and the Third Wave of COVID-19 Outbreak in Thailand |
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| Creator | Chan, Steve Kwok-Leung |
| Title | Liminality & Festivities Facilitating Pandemic Fatigue: Songkran and the Third Wave of COVID-19 Outbreak in Thailand |
| Contributor | - |
| Publisher | Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts Chulalongkorn University |
| Publication Year | 2566 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Urban Culture Research |
| Journal Vol. | 27 |
| Journal No. | - |
| Page no. | 132-147 |
| Keyword | COVID-19, Pandemic Fatigue, Liminality, Festival, Social Distancing, Thailand |
| URL Website | www.cujucr.com |
| Website title | Journal of Urban Culture Research |
| ISSN | 2408-1213 |
| Abstract | Asian countries were outstanding performers in preventing COVID-19 initially, but many suffered from a new wave of the outbreak in mid-2020. These countries sealed off their borders from the possible spread of the virus from outside. For more than one year, social distancing restrictions were applied and successfully kept the infection rates at a low level. Drawing on the initial findings of Chang et al. (2020) on the spread of the infectious disease intracity and intercity during festivals, this paper examines the outbreaks, with a probe into the case of Songkran, or the Water Festival of Thailand. The author found that pandemic fatigue coincided with the festivities. The liminality of the festival means relaxation of norms which breaks social distancing measures. This article attempts to explain the liminality of festivals facilitating pandemic fatigue and intensifying the spread of the disease throughout the country. |
