ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLS USED BY KANGEAN PEOPLE IN PANGKAK TRADITIONAL CEREMONY
| Main Author: | AMALYAH, LAILYA SEPTY |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.umm.ac.id/27764/1/jiptummpp-gdl-lailyasept-33840-1-introduc-n.pdf http://eprints.umm.ac.id/27764/2/jiptummpp-gdl-lailyasept-33840-2-chapter1.pdf http://eprints.umm.ac.id/27764/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This research aimed at analyzing symbols of Pangkak ceremony done by Kangean people. Pangkak is a traditional ceremony for harvest moment to enrich togetherness and as a thank God ceremony. The ceremony is choosen because this ceremony is almost extinct and there is no printed document about it. Symbol is something verbal or nonverbal, within a particular language or culture that comes to stand for something else. The problems of this study are: 1) What are the symbols used by Kangean people in Pangkak traditional ceremony? 2) What are the meaning of symbols used in Pangkak traditional ceremony? and 3) What are the relationship between the symbols used by Kangean people in Pangkak traditional ceremony with their general culture? In this study, the researcher used descriptive qualitative research design with ethnographic approach. In the attempt to explore the findings, the researcher used two instruments: observation and interview. The informant is the leader of Pangkak (Pojer). The result of this study show that there are three categories of symbols used in Pangkak ceremony, they are: symbols on traditional uniform, symbols on traditional song, and symbols on traditional dance. The symbols used in Pangkak traditional uniform are: farmer’s hat, and some colors: white, red, and black. Farmer’s hat is a symbol of honor. Besides it is also used as protection from sun light because most of Kangean people are famers who work in rice field. White color is the symbol of pure soul. Most of Kangean people are religious and they keep their pure soul by closing to God. Red color is a symbol of bravery and the color of blood, they protect their right to get independence with their blood. Black is a symbol of power. It means Kangean people are hard workers. The symbols on traditional song are: magic spell, north hill, and young generation. Magic spell is believed as a prayer to get better outcome of harvest, north hill is fertile land, and young generation means spirit. Kangean people maintain their fertile land with spirit. The symbols on traditional dance are turning around and moving around the leader of ceremony. Those symbols mean unity and respect to the leader in their daily life. Those symbols are related to their belief, environtment, and habitual of Kangean people.