Mekan Tradition in Tataaran 1 Community Of Minahasa Regency

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10.2991/icss-19.2019.102How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The funeral tradition; Mekan

Abstract

Mekan is a tradition that has long been practiced by the Tataaran I urban-village community. This tradition contains the value of togetherness; religious value; and the value of caring. This study focused on the Mekan tradition in the Tataaran I urban-village community of Minahasa Regency. It was used qualitative research methods; with data collection techniques used was interviews and observations. The results of the study showed that the Mekan tradition is still preserved because it is still very functional for the community; especially in the family and kinship system that has been established long ago by their predecessors; and the value of togetherness; religious values; and solidarity make this tradition is still practiced.

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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  - Veronike Salem
AU  - Zoni Singal
AU  - Maryam Lamadirisi
AU  - Ferdinand Kerebungu
PY  - 2019/11
DA  - 2019/11
TI  - Mekan Tradition in Tataaran 1 Community Of Minahasa Regency
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science 2019 (ICSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 686
EP  - 688
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icss-19.2019.102
DO  - 10.2991/icss-19.2019.102
ID  - Salem2019/11
ER  -