Proceedings of the International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Cultural Studies (BASA 2018)

The Local Wisdom about Pregnancy in The Javanese Classic Text

Authors
Sisyono Eko Widodo, Endang Tri Winarni, W. Hendrosaputro
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Sisyono Eko Widodo
Available Online November 2018.
Keywords
local, pregnancy, wisdom.
Abstract

Every society has wisdom in dealing with and solving problems in their lives which is often referred to as local wisdom. Many Javanese literary works reveal the value of local wisdom. Classical Javanese texts as old Javanese literary works also contain many local wisdom values about pregnancy. Therefore, the main problem in this study is what are the contents of pregnancy contained in classical Javanese manuscripts, what is the local wisdom about pregnancy in classical Javanese manuscripts, and what are the socio-cultural conditions that are the background of the birth of local wisdom about pregnancy. The primary data sources in this study were classical Javanese manuscripts, namely Sarat-sarat manuscript Tiyang Estri Wawtrat (SSTEW), and Fiber Tatacara (ST) stored in various museums and libraries. Data collection techniques are carried out by participatory observation, in-depth interviews with interview guidelines, study of documents and literature. Qualitative data analysis by data reduction, data presentation, drawing conclusions / verification. Local wisdom about pregnancy in classical Javanese manuscripts includes: 1) various types of cravings and various problems; 2) Sex prediction, 3). Abstinence, and 4). Recommendations.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Cultural Studies (BASA 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2018
ISBN
978-9462-52-614-3
ISSN
2352-5398
Copyright
© 2018, 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/).

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