House Mapalus in Tombatu District; Southeast Minahasa Regency

DOI

10.2991/icss-19.2019.85How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mapalus; House; Help each other; Minahasa; Culture.

Abstract

The main problem of this research is a financial issue that half of society in Silian Village Tombatu District has in terms of building their shelter. This research aims to describe the benefit of “house mapalus” among society. A qualitative method was applied in this research; this research was undertaken over the house mapalus group in Silian Village; Tombatu District; Southeast Minahasa Regency with purposive sampling collection method. Research finding shows that the supporting factor or reason the society altogether joined the house mapalus were: (1) the desire to have a proper house; (2) the lacking of financial support; (3) to help one another as society; (4) to maintain the unity of the society; (5) to lend hand as society; (6) to withstand the cultural value in the society. The advantages that the member of “house mapalus” could benefit covered: (1) to maintain good brotherhood as the program members; (2) to maintain teamwork; (3) to maintain the unity; and (4) to work things out in an easier way.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Meity Najoan
AU  - Aldegonda Pelealu
AU  - Paulus Tuerah
PY  - 2019/11
DA  - 2019/11
TI  - House Mapalus in Tombatu District; Southeast Minahasa Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science 2019 (ICSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 761
EP  - 764
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icss-19.2019.85
DO  - 10.2991/icss-19.2019.85
ID  - Najoan2019/11
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