Ethnoscience and Ethnomathematics Analysis of Kupatan Tradition in Durenan Trenggalek East Java

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10.2991/978-2-38476-275-0_13How to use a DOI?

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ethnoscience; ethnomathematics; kupatan tradition; durenan

Abstract

Kupatan tradition in Durenan District, Trenggalek Regency is celebrated on the 8th day of Shawwal in Hijri year. This tradition has conditions with positive values, including strengthening the relationship, realizing tolerance, preserving the teachings of charity, and honoring guests. This kupatan tradition can be used as an object of ethnoscience and ethnomathematics, that it can be used as an effort to preserve the nation’s culture. This study aims to describe the elements of ethnoscience and ethnomathematics in the Kupatan Tradition in Durenan Trenggalek. This research was a qualitative research with an ethnographic approach. The results showed that in the Kupatan Durenan tradition, ketupat is always available, which is a special food during Eid that is wrapped in coconut leaves and filled with rice, then cooked and served with other dishes. In addition, this tradition is celebrated with slametans in mosques or prayer rooms, bringing a procession of gunungan kupat, pilgrimages to the grave of Mbah Mesir, visiting kyai, and open houses. Ethnobiological elements in the Kupatan Durenan tradition are found in scientific classification, biodiversity, and locomotion systems, while ethnochemistry elements are found in carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, food additives, colloids, and chemical elements. Elements of ethnophysics in the kupatan tradition are in magnitude and unit, motion, and heat transfer. Studies of Ethnomathematics in the kupatan tradition are found in the plane and solid geometry, the concept of permutations and cyclical permutations of the number of guest sitting positions, as well as the concept of the combination of the number of handshakes.

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AU  - Tutik Sri Wahyuni
AU  - Nuril Huda
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/07/31
TI  - Ethnoscience and Ethnomathematics Analysis of Kupatan Tradition in Durenan Trenggalek East Java
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Science Education (ICoMSE 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 151
EP  - 159
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-275-0_13
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-275-0_13
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