Verbal Tradition as a Cultural Power in Building Civilization

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10.2991/icli-17.2018.12How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Verbal tradition, Tengger community, Cultural power, Civilization

Abstract

Tengger community shows a social phenomenon that is strongly influenced by verbal tradition. Their condition, which is in an intersection, between the desire to preserve tradition and change direction into modernization, needs to get a deep and critical appreciation. This research was conducted by using Spradley model in qualitative ethnographic approach with a progressive developing plot. The research was located in Ngadisari, Wonokitri, and Ranupani Village. The researcher also did a cross-analysis approach with a synchronous comparative model to the same symptoms of the Tengger community in Ngadas Village, Malang. The result showed that, first, the main source of Tengger community strap is the existence of verbal tradition. Second, the name of Tengger in mythology is associated with Kasada rites and life of a married couple name "Roro AnTENG and Joko SeGER. Third, verbal tradition has a direct relationship with the social life of Tengger community, and provides an existing foundation for the society to enter the modern life.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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