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Girsang, Ami
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Climbing the Trail to Heaven: Traditional Funerals and Burial Practices in Dane-Zaa Territory-An Ethnographic Account from Northeastern British Columbia Fitriani Salim, Zuraima; Maria Sarjani Br. Siregar, Tiarnita; Girsang, Ami; Aini Siregar, Nur; Regina Reafflesia Barus, Sherin
Interdisciplinary Journal of Advanced Research and Innovation Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): Interdisciplinary Journal of Advanced Research and Innovation
Publisher : Ravine Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58860/ijari.v2i2.47

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The purpose of this research is to investigate two customary funerals conducted by the Dane-zaa First Nation of Northeastern British Columbia, known as the Doig River First Nation. Both funerals included a lot of drumming, singing, and dancing around the fire in keeping with the Dane-zaa custom. Still, there was one key distinction between the two rituals. The funeral held in 2019 for Janice Askoty was a hybrid service that included a Christian liturgy and customary rituals. Such a ritual highlighted the conflicts that already existed among community members over faith and belief systems. There were no conflicts throughout the Christian service that was part of Annie Oker's 2020 funeral. In this paper, the researcher use the notion of syncretism and my observations to illustrate how Christian practices have been merged with indigenous cultural practices, symbols, and beliefs to create new blended practices. Simultaneously, the researcher highlight how certain customs (such as drumming, singing, and dancing around the fire) have endured to this day because they have not been altered by outside forces. Finally, the researcher discuss how the history of colonialism continues to show itself in funerary celebrations and how the community members view, confront, and resist it.
Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions on Educational Level Language Use and Social Media’s Role in Communication Haswani, Fahri; Syahputri, Rina Trie; Sianipar, Jose Christian; Girsang, Ami; Manurung, Ribka Hawkins
GENRE JOURNAL : Journal of Applied Linguistics of FBS Unimed Vol. 14 No. 3 (2025): Journal of Applied Linguistics
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Medan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24114/gj.v14i3.65630

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As language usually shapes people’s socio-economics status, people has become opinionated that what education degree/level an individual has can be seen by the way they communicate. This paper explores whether it is also true for higher education people use less standardized language when speaking in daily life and if social media helps low-educated individuals to speak as formal as high-educated ones. This paper employed a mixed-method approach with 5 participants from the same level of education: undergraduate students. Findings indicate that indeed people with higher education level usually has distinctive style of communication compared to those with lower education yet it depends on the context of situation. In addition to the communication style, the proability of social media helping to form formal communication for lower educated individual is possible as they expose people to all kinds of information, including language. This research is expected to contribute to raising awareness about the relationship of education and communication style.
Co-Authors Aini Siregar, Nur Fahri Haswani Fitriani Salim, Zuraima Manurung, Ribka Hawkins Maria Sarjani Br. Siregar, Tiarnita Regina Reafflesia Barus, Sherin Sianipar, Jose Christian Syahputri, Rina Trie