Nyimur Ritual as a Healing Media and Refusing Bad Luck in Traditional Knowledge System of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar Communities
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200325.092How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Ciptagelar, culture, knowledge, nyimur, tradition
- Abstract
This research is motivated by the presence of nyimur traditions in the community life of the native village of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar, South Sukabumi, Indonesia. This tradition is held every year and is believed to be a healing ceremony and refusing bad luck so that the life of a child in the future will be physically and mentally healthy. This study attempts to investigate the procession of nyimur traditional ceremony. This study was conducted using a descriptive-analytical study. The data were collected using interview techniques. The findings showed that nyimur tradition existed in Kasepuhan Ciptagelar and had certain procedures and functions of the tradition. The study also investigated the knowledge of the indigenous people of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar about the tradition of nyimur and its relationship to the healing/refusing bad luck method in the traditional knowledge system of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar Indigenous Peoples since hundreds of years ago. It can be concluded that this tradition is included in the community’s knowledge system that should be maintained since it includes human knowledge, especially the community of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar regarding matters or elements used in their lives.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yatun Romdonah Awaliah AU - Danan Darajat AU - Elva Yulia Safitri PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/31 TI - Nyimur Ritual as a Healing Media and Refusing Bad Luck in Traditional Knowledge System of Kasepuhan Ciptagelar Communities BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 257 EP - 261 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200325.092 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200325.092 ID - Awaliah2020 ER -