Ecological Politeness on Sedekah Bumi Ceremony in Merapi Mountainside

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10.2991/assehr.k.210514.002How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ecological politeness, sedekah bumi in Mount. Merapi, ecology concept, Javanese traditional ceremony

Abstract

Sedekah bumi (earth’s alms) is one of the ceremonies routinely conducted by the Javanese society. It aims to express gratitude and be used as a means to maintain the balance of nature surrounding the Merapi mountainside. This ceremony is usually conducted in the night of One Suro or known as the labuhan ceremony. The study particularly aimed to describe and analyze the ecological politeness in the ceremony of sedekah bumi in the Merapi Mountainside. The source of data were in terms of events of the ceremony of sedekah bumi and informants consisting of elders of Lencoh Village. The direct observation and in-depth interview were employed to obtain the data related to the ecological politeness in the ceremony of sedekah bumi in the Merapi Mountainside. The next step was to validate the data using the data triangulation. After conducting steps of the study and data analysis using the interactive analysis technique, there were found some facts. The ceremony of sedekah bumi in Lencoh Village is conducted in the night of One Suro or the first day in the Javanese calendar. This ceremony is carried out around the water source as a realization of respecting nature, considering the water source as the source of life. The concept of ecological politeness in the ceremony of sedekah bumi is reflected in sesajen (offering) and ubarampe (ceremonial equipments), such as jadah bakar referring to that the Lencoh community do not commit land fires so that the natural ecosystem keeps preserved. The decoration in each tumpeng (Indonesian rice cone) indicates that the safety is always maintained by not massively deforesting, so the forest sustainability is maintained. Sesajen sejodho (two offerrings) mean a couple of mountains flanking farmers in Mount. Merbabu and Merapi as the resepresentation of woman and man figures who hapily live together. The implication of the ceremony of sedekah bumi in the Merapi Mountainside is a means to remind human to always maintain the natural surrounding sustainability.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sri Hastuti
AU  - St. Y. Slamet
AU  - Sumarwati
AU  - Ani Rakhmawati
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/17
TI  - Ecological Politeness on Sedekah Bumi Ceremony in Merapi Mountainside
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Language Politeness (ICLP 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 7
EP  - 15
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210514.002
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210514.002
ID  - Hastuti2021
ER  -