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ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF CHARACTER IN THE STORY POLITIK TRESNA BY TULUS SETYADI
Get PDFThe Javanese society has a very old cultural background. One of the cultural heritage that is still favoured by the people of Java until now is storytelling. A story is a manifestation of people’s dream about their ideal world. This dream depicts the characters of the story they would like to see. The idea of a desired character is illustrated by various stories composed by authors. This occurs to this day. There are so many modern-day authors who have written their works within the framework of the old storytelling ideas. An author is indeed part of his community. It is inevitable that the author's thought is influenced by what happens in society. The image of the story created in his story certainly cannot be separated from all the things that exist in the community. Often a character of a traditional story becomes an inspiration for a modern author to create a character in the name and events in different packaging with no much difference in its sequence of events. Politik Tresna by Tulus Setyadi has a modern packaging of character and characterisation, but if traced deeply it turns out to be another form of character and characterization of well-known older stories
THE MMONWU MASQUERADE OF THE ISOKO AND UKWUANI PEOPLE: A RELIGIO-RITUAL FACTOR OF CONTACT IN THE WESTERN NIGER DELTA OF NIGERIA
Get PDFA major factor of contact amongst the people of the Western Niger Delta of Nigeria, which for want of a more appropriate term, maybe described as cultural, between the Isoko and her Ukwuani neighbours is the religio-ritual factor. One of the ancient and wide-ranging religio-ritual factors, which helped to promote intergroup contact between the Isoko and her Ukwuani neighbours, was associated with the Mmonwu masquerade, a socio-cultural institution. The work therefore examines the impact of the Mmonwu masquerade on the relations between the Isoko and Ukwuani people of the western Niger Delta of Nigeria. The work was carried out with the use of primary and secondary sources, using the historical and analytical method. The result/findings shows that, the Isoko-Ukwuani Mmonwu Masquerade is not an original Isoko-Ukwuani culture, but came as a cultural intercourse with their Igbo Neighbours. The work further shows that the Mmonwu Masquerade has a viable socio-cultural, religio-ritual, and economic impact on intergroup relations of the Isoko-Ukwuani Peoples
THE PESANTREN’S MODEL OF RESISTANCE AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDONESIA
Get PDFSocial change is an integral phenomenon in every society. The dynamics of social change present a phenomenon of a society or a part of society that is eroded by change; some are immersed in the flow of change, some exercise resistance measures, and some are even able to contribute to the dynamics of social change by conducting transformation. Pesantren, as one of the oldest Islamic educational institution, demonstrates efforts of defense and transformation as a form of adaptation towards social change. The history of education in Indonesia cannot be separated from the role and contribution of pesantren. In its development, Indonesian education which adopted modernization of western education shifted pesantren to become an additional alternative educational institution, rather than primary institution it used to be. However, the most recent development shows a return of pesantren’s presence and contribution as a significant alternative for education system in Indonesia. This cannot be separated from the fact that the pesantren has applied a model of adaptation. The purpose of this research is to analyze diversity of adaptive models in three pesantrens in Java. With methods of observation and in-depth interviews in three pesantrens which are Cidahu in Pandeglang, Banten; Langitan in Tuban, East Java; and Darul Ulum in Jombang, East Java, this research confirms that adaptive models of pesantren have created diversity in pesantren models. However, through this diversity it is still evident that the pesantren is a model of typical Indonesian education
INDONESIAN INFLUENCE IN DUTCH: A CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE
Get PDFCuisine is one of the results of connection between Dutch and Indonesian people. Both of them have loanwords from each other. This paper presents adaptations of Indonesian loanwords in Dutch in the field of cuisine. What are the differences between Indonesian bakmi, gado-gado and Dutch bami, gado-gado? Why are they different? In the field of linguistic adaptations the words like daging smoor and nasibal are examined orthographically and semantically. Semantic explanations will be used to determine the differences between Indonesian nasi and Dutch nasi. The data are gathered from websites on Indonesian cuisine in Dutch
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CAPITAL: CAUSES OF ARJUNA’S VICTORY AGAINST KARNA
Get PDFThe epic Mahabharata fascinates people because there are many heroes and it leads to debates on the internet to determine who is the best archer: Arjuna or Karna. The data for the analysis were taken from two Mahabharata books and texts from wikipedia.org. Bourdieu’s approach on arena, capital, and habitus were used to analyse the data. The aim of this paper is to find out whether Bourdieu's thinking is one hundred percent applicable. The result of the research shows that social and economic capital of the analysed characters determined that Arjuna is superior against Karna and Bourdieu's thinking is applicable with minor modifications
NASI TUMPENG, A WAY TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE THROUGH MEANINGFUL SIGNS
Get PDFAs a country with a very large area, the sea of Indonesia consists of 40% out of its entire territory. Historically, Indonesian staple food was based on its geographical areas, either surrounded by seas or by mountains. However, through its development, rice has currently become the number one staple food for most of Indonesian people. Furthermore, this type of staple food has been improved and processed into various edible food. The most popular one is tumpeng.Based on its form and its content, tumpeng is considered unique and exclusive. Tumpeng is basically made of cooked rice, named nasi in its origin language of Indonesia. Then, the rice is placed into a winnowing tray in order to make it conical. Side dishes, such as fishes and vegetables, can be laid down arouand the rice. The side dishes surrounding the rice make tumpeng incredibly attractive, beautiful, and neat.The aim of tumpeng is basically to celebrate momentous events, such as birthdays, vows, gratefulness, or lucid dreams. The ceremony is started with prayer, then slicing the tumpeng in order to be divided equally to all attendees. Based on these steps, Indonesian people have great sense about tumpeng. They assume that tumpeng has a unique sign which there are also stronger signs and deeper meaning within
THE SOCIO-CULTURAL LIFE OF BATIK IN INDONESIA AND THE LIMIT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Get PDFThis study sets out to interrogate the historical transformation of culture utilizing batik in Indonesia as an illustration of the relationship between cultural practices, power relations and the logic of neoliberalism. By identifying the critical junctures in Indonesia that effect the formation of meanings attached to batik in the larger reconfiguration of capitalism during the Dutch colonial era and in the present circumstances of late capitalism, this study argues that the hybridity of batik production in the Dutch East Indies, as signified by the emergence of batik Belanda, exemplifies a period when the notion of batik as a mutually empowering form of trans-cultural practices was possible. Analyzing the disposition of batik today, this study further argues that, unlike in the past, trans-cultural practices during the current state-sanctioned deployment of batik as Indonesia’s national cultural heritage becomes only possible through practices of trade and consumption. This cultural formation offers a critique ideology toward the current national and global discourse of batik that reifies unbounded cultural practices as “cultural heritage.
LOCAL WISDOM IN SIRIBAN AND THE IMPACT ON THE KADAZANDUSUN SOCIETY FORMATION
Get PDFSiriban or metaphor is one of the local wisdoms that is often used to provide education to the Kadazan community. Siriban is mostly still in the form of oral tradition and dominated by elderly people. Therefore this study was conducted to collect Siriban through fieldwork and then conducted an analysis to see local wisdom to focus on the values contained in Siriban education and impact on the formation of the younger generation of Kadazan. Analysis of the data found that Siriban have educational value of local wisdom that can provide awareness and consciousness to a person thus changing the negative attitude into a positive. As a result of this awareness and consciousness will have an impact on the formation of a generation that has humility, diplomacy, patience, tolerance, respect, courtesy, rational and wisdom. This makes Siriban suitable as teaching and learning materials because the education value is capable in realizing the goals of the National Education Philosophy to produce a generation with good character and personality as well as balanced in terms of physically and spiritually
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEACE BUILDING: THE GENDER QUESTION IN OLAMMA BY TRACIE EZEAJUGH
Get PDFThe paper examines the strategic approaches adopted by women and the socio-cultural obstacles that impede women‟s active participation in conflict resolution and peace building process as seen in the play understudy. African nations have been ravaged by conflict, resulting in destabilization, displacement, and infrastructural destruction, all of which have gender-specific consequences. Women are often portrayed as victims of conflict; and in large part, they are. Yet they are largely neglected once peace occurs. Despite active role in war, women are often neglected in the post-conflict situation and in peace negotiations. Studies have shown that despite the fact that women play active roles in developing coalitions across fighting groups within and outside Nigeria, women are neither represented nor consulted in peace negotiations. Often discrimination against women in post-conflict land settlement buttresses this fact. This is essential for sustaining peace
ARTICULATING AGENCY WITHIN SITES OF CONTESTATIONS IN HARAPAN RAINFOREST: PROBLEMATIZING PALM OIL PLANTATIONS IN JAMBI, INDONESIA
Get PDFThe increasing global demand for palm oil due to the global new orientation on bio-fuels has affected the rapid expansion of the palm oil plantations in Indonesia. Previous research findings have shown there are multiple actors involved in the palm oil plantations; however, few have taken into account the social interactions between these actors in relation to specificity of the local context. This article problematize how the actors and networks intertwine with one another as sites of contestations and also negotiations. The main problem to be investigated is how these actors articulate their agencies within the socio-economic and cultural life of the communities, who live around forest conservation in Jambi province, namely Harapan Rainforest. Research findings show that the network of actors is problematic in a sense that each actor‟s agency is mostly overshadowed by their own “politics.” Furthermore, from the ethnographic data, the locals in Jambi perceive and negotiate with this situation in their own framework of social network and cultural capital