<![CDATA[The research entitled "The structure, meaning, and types of superstitions of the people of Kesik Village, Masbagik District, East Lombok Regency" aims to preserve traditional regional culture that can enrich the nation's cultural treasures so that they are not extinct by the times and advances in technology. The entry of foreign cultures can also affect the extinction of regional culture which has become the identity of the community since ancient times. Data collection was done by unstructured but focused interview method, applying recording technique, note-taking technique, and observation, all informants were taken from the old group and the young group. Then the data obtained were analyzed using structural approach and semiotic theory. Based on the results of the data analysis, it can be concluded that the superstition of Kesik village has icons, symbols, indexes, and 4 kinds of structures, namely: a) cause-effect, b) cause-effect-conversion, c) cause-effect, d) effect-conversion. As for the types, they are a) superstition about the human life, b) superstition about human body and medicine. d) superstition about human jobs and social relationship, e) superstition about traveling, f) superstition about the other live. Superstition in the Kesik village community, whether consciously or not, contains many teachings of educational values that lead people to goodness, while the teachings conveyed through their meaning are in the form of teachings on how to speak and behave.]]>
Copyrights © 2023
