Cultural Semiotics in the Traditional Marriage Process of Enggano People

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10.2991/978-2-38476-078-7_16How to use a DOI?

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cultural semiotics; Enggano; traditional marriage

Abstract

This research is ethno-semiotic research that focuses on tracing the meaning of cultural semiotics in the traditional marriage procession of the Enggano people. Geo-culturally, the Enggano people are one of the ethnic groups in Bengkulu Province. The Enggano people inhabit Enggano Island, which is about 90 nautical miles from Sumatra Island, thus causing language and cultural differences with the people on the mainland of Sumatra. At the socio-cultural level, the traditional marriage procession of the Enggano tribe or known as the parur hia’au plays a very important role. A series of processions are carried out provide their own uniqueness, so they are worth exploring further, especially in the perspective of semiotics. This study aims to explore and describe the understanding and meaning of various signs in the concept of cultural semiotics that exist in the traditional marriage procession of the Enggano tribe. The objects in this study are various signs and markers in oral texts spoken by traditional actors in relation to the socio-cultural life of the Enggano community. The data collection method was carried out by observation and in-depth interviews with traditional elders on Enggano Island. The results of this study indicate that every traditional parur hia’au wedding procession contains cultural semiotics with a very deep understanding and meaning, especially in the traditional wedding procession, Pahema Iaru, and Kaheno. The symbols and icons in each medium used during the procession show that the Enggano community highly values sense of togetherness, kinship, and mutual cooperation. Not only that, the search for terms in each procession also shows that there is a relationship between the etymology of the word and the socio- cultural life of the Enggano people.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dendi Wijaya
AU  - Engga Zakaria
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/26
TI  - Cultural Semiotics in the Traditional Marriage Process of Enggano People
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Lawang Sewu International Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences 2022 (LEWIS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 133
EP  - 145
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-078-7_16
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-078-7_16
ID  - Wijaya2023
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