Ujung Tradition in Nuclear Family: Linguistics Expressions and Cultural Meanings Inside it

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10.2991/prasasti-18.2018.54How to use a DOI?

Keywords

linguistic forms; cultural meanings; ujung tradition; javanese culture

Abstract

One of the spoken Javanese culture heritages that still carried out annually is ujung tradition. This tradition has close relation to lebaran day (ceremonial after fasting in a month). At that day or event, young, adult and old people celebrate happily. Ujung, really, is a part of a big tradition of bakdan. Bakdan may cover ambengan pudunan, ijab kobul zakat fitrah, idul fitri pray, ambengan idul fitri, ujung, and bakda kupat. Ujung tradition uses language as main media for transferring cultural meanings possessed by our predecessors. Understanding the cultural meanings is an important way to preserve the culture itself. There are two aims of this research; one is to find the linguistic forms used by the doers, and the second is to describe the cultural meanings inside the tradition. The data were collected by observation and interview. Then, the collected data were analyzed by using ethnography method proposed by Spradley. The data were taken at June 2017 in Cepogo, Boyolali, Central Java, Indonesia. The results founds are as follows: the first, concerning with the linguistic forms used by the doers (Person 1 and person 2), there are three languages that used in ujung tradition, those are, Javanese, Arabic, and Indonesian language. The dominant language is Javanese. Javanese language mostly consists of two, namely krama and ngoko. Krama is usually uttered by person 1, and ngoko is uttered by person 2. The use of Arabic language commonly happens in the beginning of the procession. Indonesian language is used when the persons are not able to speak Javanese. The second, concerning with some cultural meanings inside the ujung tradition, Those meanings are advising and blessing, strengthening the neighborhood, cultural education, respect each other, charity media, mutual forgiveness, and silaturrahim. Based on the results, especially on cultural meanings, it is wisely suggested that the ujung tradition should be preserved and strengthened because the cultural meanings inside it are still s uitableand needed in keeping the social life harmonization.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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AU  - Sigit Haryanto
AU  - Djatmika Djatmika
AU  - Wakit Abdullah
AU  - Dwi Purnanto
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BT  - Proceedings of the Fourth Prasasti International Seminar on Linguistics (Prasasti 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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