1. Home
  2. Vol 8, No 2 (2022)
  3. Mola

Study of Stages and Ethnolinguistics of Tu'a Eja Culture of Keo Ethnic, Nagekeo Tribe, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia in Efforts of Local Cultural Wisdom Preservation

Mansuetus Mola (1),
(1) Prodi Bahasa Inggris Universitas San Pedro  Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2022 Mansuetus Mola

DOI : https://doi.org/10.29210/1202222044

Full Text:    Language : en

Abstract


Traditional marriage in Keo ethnic language are called tu'a eja. Tu'a eja procession with complete stages is form of respect for women who still maintain their chastity. This implies that tu’a eja teaches values and norms that regulates  social interactions of younger generation. This is interesting to review, but data on stages and vocabulary meaning in tu’a eja process have not been found. This study aimed to determine the stages and vocabulary meanings of the process of tu'a eja. Type of this research was qualitative research used interview, observation and documentation used descriptive data analysis techniques. The results showed that there were 8 stages of traditional process of tu'a eja, namely: asking (pai holo wini or tana ale), engagement (peu lako yongo), family gathering (tiwo ine weta ne'e ane ana), delivery of belis (tu ngawu), giving mat and pillow (ti'i te'e pati lani), moving house (nuka sa'o), family separation (wola ine weta ane ana) and returning to visit origin place (lalo la'e). Each stage used  traditional language that contained meanings and messages of values, etiquette and morals for Keo ethnic people. Tu'a eja culture needed to be preserved as local cultural wisdom in Nagekeo tribe, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara.

Keywords


Ethnolinguistics, Tu'a eja, culture Keo ethnic ,Nagekeo , Flores

References


Ananta, A., Nurvidya Arifin, E., & Hasbullah, M.S., Handayani,N.B., Pramono, A., (2013). Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814519885

Apu, D. (2021). Belis and Women's Choosing Behavior in Nagekeo District, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara. Perspective, 10(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.31289/perspektif.v10i1.3844

Azwar, S. (2012). Research methods. Yogyakarta: Sigma Alfa. 49–61.

Bay, T. C. (2015). Rang Exogamy Marriage in Inelika Village Community, Bajawa District, Ngada Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. Journal of Udayana University Bali, 7(1), 37–72.

Brata, I. B. (2016). Local Cultural Wisdom Glues National Identity.Journal of Bakti Saraswati 5(1), 1-23

Ekman Brown, T. E. (2016). This is a list of eight districts on the island of Flores today. https://www.floresidn.com/2016/10/ini-List-eight-kabupaten-di-island.html (accessed July. 22, 2022)

Kemendikbud (2016). Analysis of Local Wisdom Viewed from Cultural Diversity. Centre for Education and Culture Data and Statistics (PDSPK), 1–67.

Lede, M., Bidaya, Z., & Anshori, Z. (2018). Belis Tradition in the Weelewo Tribe's Traditional Marriage. CIVICUS: Education-Research-Pancasila and Citizenship Education, 5(2), 20. https://doi.org/10.31764/civicus.v5i2.432

Miles, M., Huberman, M., & Saldaña, J. (2013). Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook: An Expanded Sourcebook. 408.

Nagekeo District. https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabupaten_Nagekeo (accessed July. 22, 2022).

Number of Population and Head of Family. Ministry of Home Affairs Directorate General for Village Government Development in 2021. http://www.prodeskel.binapemdes.kemendagri.go.id/gjpenresident_detil/ (accessed July. 24, 2022).

Profile of Nagekeo Regency,” This Regency/City Profile, 2020. https://rohilkab.go.id/pages/profil-kabupaten (accessed July. 2, 2022).

Sardari, A.S., (2018) “Belis in Marriage of the Lamaholot Islamic Community in East Flores from a Legal Perspective,” Al-Qadau, 1(1), 1–15

Sudi, M. A., & Rini, H. S. (2018). Poverty and Consumptive Behaviour of Clove Farming Communities in Ende District, NTT. Solidarity: Journal of Education, Society and Culture, 7(1), 314–328.

Sulissusiawan, A. (2016). The Role of Muhakam in Traditional Marriage as representation of Sambas Malay Traditional and Ethics. Litera, 15(2), 351–365. https://doi.org/10.21831/ltr.v15i2.11834

Sunarti, S. (2016). Social and Transcendental Functions of Oral Tradition Dero-Sagi of Bajawa-Ngada Tribe, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara. JENTERA: Journal of Literary Studies, 5(1), 86. https://doi.org/10.26499/jentera.v5i1.350

Syarifudin, H.S. (2018). Analysis of Communication Patterns of Traditional Koda Forum in Determining Marriage Belis of Lamaholot Tribe in the East Adonara People. Administrative Scientific Journal. 9(02), 164–177.

Taa, S., Kinanti, K. P., & Rachman, A. K. (2020). Proceedings of the National Seminar. An Ethnolinguistic Study of Keo Ethnic Traditional Clothing of Patola Village. 1–9.


Article Metrics

 Abstract Views : 626 times
 PDF Downloaded : 0 times

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.