Indigenous Ritual as Adhesive Social Harmonization: The Meaning of Peusijuek for Young People of Aceh, Indonesia
- DOI
- 10.2991/soshec-17.2018.29How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- rituals peusijuek, social harmonization
- Abstract
The Aceh people in the activities of the traditional order of life steeped in culture and religion. One of the most urgent ritual is peusijuek so that almost all customs activities performed this ritual. This paper aimed to describe the meaning of ritual peusijuek as a medium of adhesive social harmonization of Aceh people. The research method used was a phenomenological approach. The informant was the Aceh people, indigenous elders, and adolescents 18 to 25 years. The research location was in the district of Aceh Jaya. Collecting data technique used was observation and participant observation, interviews and in depth interviews to find data of participants in interpreting situations and phenomena regarding Transcendental communication and symbolic power in the pusijuek ritual. Data analysis used was data reduction, display data, conclusion and verification. The results of this research found 1 The functionality of peusijuek in social aspects could become media to social harmony, dispute resolution, strengthen kinship, and the integration of the interests of the Aceh people, as well as media control balance and inner satisfaction in community relationships. 2 The meaning of ritual peusijuk as a sign of gratitude, sharing happiness and strengthening success
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Agus Supriono AU - Mr Ridwan AU - Ms Sarmini PY - 2017/10 DA - 2017/10 TI - Indigenous Ritual as Adhesive Social Harmonization: The Meaning of Peusijuek for Young People of Aceh, Indonesia BT - Proceedings of Social Sciences, Humanities and Economics Conference (SoSHEC 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 146 EP - 150 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/soshec-17.2018.29 DO - 10.2991/soshec-17.2018.29 ID - Supriono2017/10 ER -