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Akulturasi Budaya dalam Ritual Pemamanan: Tradisi dan Identitas Masyarakat Alas di Aceh Tenggara Mulya, Riska; Rohani, Laila; Naldo, Jufri
Local History & Heritage Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025)
Publisher : Medan Resource Center

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.57251/lhh.v5i1.1627

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This study examines the Pemamanan tradition, which is the cultural heritage of the Alas tribe in Kelapa Gading Village, Southeast Aceh Regency. Pemamanan is a traditional ritual in which the uncle (maternal brother) is fully responsible for financing various traditional events for his nephews. This study aims to reveal the implementation process, traditional expressions, and series of activities in the Pemamanan tradition. Using a qualitative method and descriptive approach, this study combines a literature review from related journals and research with an empirical approach through interviews, observations, and documentation. The results show that the Pemamanan tradition includes various traditional events with the same name, where the implementation process varies depending on the type of event. In the context of marriage, this tradition includes a series of rituals from Ngentat Ken Tebekhas to the Njagai event at night. This research also reveals the dynamics in the implementation of traditions, including debates about the number of gifts to nephews and the scale of events, both simple and large-scale.
The Tapai Festival as the Cultural Heritage of the Malay Community of Batu Bara: Historical Reconstruction and Analysis of Its Social Meaning Batu Bara, Farhana Aziz; Rohani, Laila
Local History & Heritage Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.57251/lhh.v6i1.2004

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This study examines the Tapai Festival as a cultural heritage of the Malay community in Batu Bara Regency by focusing on its historical reconstruction and symbolic social meaning within a changing socio-cultural context. This study uses a qualitative method with a historical approach and field studies. Data were obtained through observation, interviews, and literature studies related to Malay traditions and culture. The findings reveal that the Tapai Festival operates as a symbolic cultural system in which food practices function as a medium of social negotiation, reinforcing kinship-based reciprocity and collective memory rather than merely strengthening community solidarity. This tradition reflects structured patterns of togetherness and mutual cooperation that institutionalize intergenerational transmission of cultural knowledge through ritualized practices. The study argues that the Tapai Festival constitutes an intangible cultural heritage that sustains Malay cultural identity in Batu Bara while offering a conceptual contribution to understanding how local traditions function as adaptive cultural mechanisms in response to modern social transformations.