Learning about the Khmer people in the refugee camp led Achara Phanurat, on behalf of the first president of Surindra Rajabhat University, to establish a policy of spreading knowledge,
folklore and declaring peace in the form of organizing a play with light and sound following the script of the local folk tale each district of Surin Province.
She managed by sending university lecturers to teach and organize dramas for the villagers to watch and the villagers to act as examples.
We found that the folk tales of Khmer castles in Khmer art styles between Thailand and Cambodia have similar contents and characters and continue the same history.
Therefore, when Surindra Rajabhat University created and shew dramas as a model in only 2-3 places.
The people of Surin Province were able to act on their own in each area (they could compose their own songs and plays. Using 100-200 local people as performers).
The Surin people have revived folklore and are many Thai folk artists. There is no capitalist system in Surin's plays.
For example,The first performance of a drama with light and sound at Phumphon Castle@Sangkha district. Drama arrangement with sound and light at Phumphon Castle to declare that it is the oldest in Thailand and organized as an opportunity to open the book Surin World Cultural Heritage in Thailand.
Followed by the drama of Srikoraphum castle (sanctuary) @Srikoraphum district and dramas in other castles in Prasat, Kap Choeng, Chom Phra, Tha Tum and Mueang Surin districts etc.
In addition, Achara Phanurat composed folk tales about the legend of Phra Mor Thao/ Mahout the great and organized plays with light and sound to praise the Kui ethnic
People feel love for folklore, love for ancestors, and respect for local scholars. Most people speak the key words "ethnicity, folklore, and international" with understanding.
They can develop into self-love. Therefore, it is an incentive for achievement that the community likes to use free time or relaxation time to do vipassana meditation at temples or various meditation centers and observed 5 precepts. To reach inner peace.