The Local Wisdom of Tenggerese People in Karo Ritual

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10.2991/soshec-18.2018.44How to use a DOI?

Keywords

local wisdom; Tenggerese people; Karo ritual

Abstract

Karo is a big day celebrated annually by Tenggerese people as a worship towards the God and a homage to the ancestors’ spirit. During Karo, the Tenggerese people perform a set of ritual activities. The ritual starts from signing the existence of the ancestors’ spirit until signing the return of it. Furthermore, this study used qualitative descriptive method for investigating and explaining deeply the local wisdom in Karo ritual. The data were collected by observing the ritual activities starting from its implementation until the ceremony of Karo. In this study, the data collection technique used documentation and in-depth interview with the elders and the people. The results found that Karo ritual which becomes the local wisdom of Tenggerese’s tradition is the obedience tradition and it is believed by the people as a ritual for obtaining people welfare, tranquility, and peace.

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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/).

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AU  - Trisakti Ms.
AU  - Anik Juwariyah
PY  - 2018/07
DA  - 2018/07
TI  - The Local Wisdom of Tenggerese People in Karo Ritual
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Conference: Establishing Identities through Language, Culture, and Education (SOSHEC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 201
EP  - 204
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/soshec-18.2018.44
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