Maintaining the Tradition of Asokanas a Media of Informal Education in Village Communities

Case Study of Pematang Ganjang Village Sei Rampah District

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10.2991/assehr.k.201124.021How to use a DOI?

Keywords

tradition, asokan, informal education

Abstract

The village community has a basic concept of living together that is full of awareness and a sense of responsibility. People live in groups. Life in groups causes a close relationship with one another, so that mutual help is an obligation and a necessity for society itself. The purpose of this study is the reasons for maintaining the tradition of asokan as a medium of informal education in the community of Pematang Ganjang village, Sei Rampah sub-district, and the meaning of informal education in maintaining the asokan tradition. This research is a descriptive qualitative study using an ethnographic approach. Data were collected through direct observation and in-depth interviews. The results of this study can be seen that informal education plays an important role in maintaining local traditions in society. This can be seen from the many people in Pematang Ganjang Village who still apply the asokan tradition in helping each other. This tradition is believed to make fraternal relations between communities stronger and foster a form of concern for the community among others. Therefore, informal education in which the family played an important role, to told the children to continue to preserve this asokan tradition.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dhita Mariane Perdhani Putri Manik
AU  - Hidayat
AU  - Tappil Rambe
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/25
TI  - Maintaining the Tradition of Asokanas a Media of Informal Education in Village Communities
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Seminar on Transformative Education and Educational Leadership (AISTEEL 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 85
EP  - 88
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201124.021
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201124.021
ID  - Manik2020
ER  -