Abstract
This is the third of the serial articles titled "Socio-Economic Basis of Social Communication in Southern Thailand, " the first of which was published in Vol.4, No.5 of this Journal as "Land Tenure in Southern Thailand" and the second, as "Range of Marriage in Southern Thailand" in Vol.7, No.4.
On the premise that the process of social mobilization of a community of settled agriculture type has much to do with experiences of temporary off-the-village residence of its members, this article aims to present different types of temporary external residence of villagers of a Thai-Islam community in Southern Thailand.
Actual cases of off-the-village residence are classifiable into three categories as follows : 1) cases due to religious motivation, 2) cases attributable to economic motivation, 3) cases invoked by order of the government. The first of these categories is socially institutionalized as pilgrimage to Mecca and schooling at a "Pono". The second category includes those cases of working away from home like squatting or engaging in jobs outside the village. The last category means conscribed military and constabulary services.
While, in Part I, the author tries to give factual ideas on the institutional aspects of those cases, motivational aspects as well as relevance to socialization of villagers are clarified in Part II as the author presents informations collected through interviews of the villagers.
