Local Wisdom in Minahasa Traditional Songs

DOI

10.2991/icss-19.2019.52How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Local wisdom; Traditional Song; Minahasa

Abstract

Traditional songs are music originating from a particular region and become popular; sung by both the people of the region and other peoples. The form of the song is very simple and uses local language; so the regional song is expressed as a reflection of the social order of society; and the regional song is seen as a media in pouring ideas; ideas; messages; feelings or sounds of the hearts of its creators; especially through the lyrics in the song itself. Minahasa traditional songs contained its own meaning for the Minahasa people; in addition to the language can be used through lyrics; those also can touch the feeling to honor their ancestors and love their birth land. All that is conveyed in the song's lyrics is a reflection of the feelings possessed by the writer. Young people nowadays are rarely singing local songs; because the influence of pop songs; rock that is considered modern and top; so that the local song in Minahasa began to disappear. In an effort to preserve the Minahasa traditional songs; such research needs to be increased in order to build up the love and pride of the Minahasa culture which is expected to have an impact on cultural preservation and descriptions in Minahasa. The aims of the research are to describe the values of local wisdom in the traditional songs of Minahasa; describing the meaning contained in the Minahasatraditional songs. By using content analysis; the results of the study can reveal local wisdom in the traditional song titled : (1) miyarasiluri; (2) menesel; (3) esamokan (4) o inanikeke; (5) mangemosakomangemo;(6) elur en kayo’mba’an; (7) unggenang; (8) luriwisako From here it can be taken the red thread ( “underlying causes”) that behind the lyrics of the traditional song can be lifted regarding local wisdom.Sibarani (2012:112) defines that The local wisdom is the community’s wisdom or local genius deriving from the lofty value of cultural tradition in order to manage the community’s social order or social life

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© 2019, 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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AU  - Fince Sambeka
AU  - Wiesje Sekeh
PY  - 2019/11
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TI  - Local Wisdom in Minahasa Traditional Songs
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science 2019 (ICSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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