An Analysis of Symbolic Meanings in Palang Pintu Tradition of the Betawi Wedding Ceremony

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201215.093How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Literary appreciation learning, Palang Pintu tradition, symbolic meanings

Abstract

Palang Pintu tradition is one of the Betawi ethnic cultural heritage which is performed in the process of a wedding ceremony. Besides enacted as a performance to entertain people, Palang Pintu is loaded with cultural literacy. The purpose of the study is to find out a comprehensive description of symbolic meanings and literary appreciation learning in Palang Pintu tradition of the Betawi wedding ceremony. The performance process of Palang Pintu contains remarkable values namely reading salawat indicating that the Betawi people always obey the Islamic value., The pukul/beklai (a form of martial arts) is a symbol that a man as the head of the family and must be able to protect his household; and lantunan sike (reciting the verses of the Holy Qur’an) implies that a man is a leader in his household. Furthermore, berbalas pantun (pantun speech) in Palang Pintu tradition is one form of the literary appreciation. The method used is the descriptive analysis of literature studies, observation and interviews with experts were done as the triangulation of the data. The study found that Palang Pintu tradition has symbolic values such as leadership, religiosity that can be used as an opportunity for children’s literacy appreciation learning.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rahman
AU  - Zakaria
AU  - NKD Tristiantari
AU  - Asri Wibawa Sakti
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - An Analysis of Symbolic Meanings in Palang Pintu Tradition of the Betawi Wedding Ceremony
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 599
EP  - 604
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.093
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.093
ID  - 2020
ER  -