Ethnopoetical Review of Treatment Mantras in Padang Sawah Village of Kampar Riau
- DOI
- 10.2991/icille-18.2019.64How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- ethnopoetical, mantra treatment, padang sawah village
- Abstract
This research investigated treatment mantras through local literary performances done by the people of Padang Sawah village in Kampar Riau. The problem observed in this study was the concept of performing treatment mantras of Padang Sawah village in Kampar Riau. This study used theopoetic theory with qualitative descriptive research methods. Data collection was done by doing observation, interview, and literalry technique. Findings of this research showed that, in Malay society, the mantra of treatment was closely related to their perception of meanings of diseases. According to them, diseases were not only caused by real factors, but sometimes also caused by factors or things that were not real or unseen. In this context, the mantras were used to break the connection between diseases and supernatural powers, which caused the diseases. Moreover, the treatment process of this kind of mantras contained the values of local wisdom. These values were religious values, health values, social solidarity values and welfare values.
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- © 2019, 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 - Rian Hidayat AU - Haryadi Haryadi PY - 2019/04 DA - 2019/04 TI - Ethnopoetical Review of Treatment Mantras in Padang Sawah Village of Kampar Riau BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Language, Literature and Education (ICILLE 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 310 EP - 313 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icille-18.2019.64 DO - 10.2991/icille-18.2019.64 ID - Hidayat2019/04 ER -