Field agriculture system in Tanebar Evav society in Key Island Southeast Moluccas
- DOI
- 10.2991/icss-18.2018.133How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Tradition, field agriculture, ritual, culture, society
- Abstract
The undertake of this investigation is meant to describe the basic factors of the society of Tanebar Evav Village that still keep doing the field agriculture tradition. Qualitative approach was used in this research. Data and information collection were undertaken by using the interview, observation and documentation. Grounded Theory was used in analyzing the data. Basic factors of field agriculture tradition are: (a) the society of Tanebar Evav consider that the natural environment is the source of life and understanding, that according to their opinion, the resource must be maintained and preserved. The violence toward natural environment and tradition shall be punished from the Almighty God. (b) The Concept of Ancient Spirit (Mitu) is considered as symbol of their belief. To them, nature and life nowadays is also controlled by other power which is not from the inside of human. The power of ancient spirit (Mitu) to them is a life balance keeper in this nature. (c) This field agriculture tradition is kept for it is a cultural and social legacy that has been continuously descended and cannot be separated from their everyday life. Cultural value that is found in field agriculture tradition in Tanebar Evav society is the responsibility of Tanebar Evav society in maintaining and preserving the tradition that has been descended by their ancestor.
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- © 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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TY - CONF AU - Xaverius Erick Lobja AU - Aksilas Dasfordate AU - Yohanes Burdam PY - 2018/10 DA - 2018/10 TI - Field agriculture system in Tanebar Evav society in Key Island Southeast Moluccas BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 665 EP - 668 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icss-18.2018.133 DO - 10.2991/icss-18.2018.133 ID - Lobja2018/10 ER -