Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture
Vol 3 No 2 (2016): July - December 2016

Local Marriage System of Boti Community Depicted through its Speech Ritual

Iswanto Iswanto (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Dec 2016

Abstract

Marriage system in the indigenous trust describes the relationship of supernatural effect on family kinshipinthe community. Such the relevance is the primary identifier and the identity of the diversity of the Indonesian nation. It is inevitable that a cultureas a pillar of diversity is a buffer for entering the era of multicultural and globalization. Values of Humanist is the power of social relation among individuals in the community groups. This paper describes the characteristic of marriage in society of Boti in East Nusa Tenggara who hold the original trust Halaika.The results shows behaviors that indicate homage to supernatural of Uis Pah (Lord of the Earth), Uis Oe (Lordof Water) and Uis Neno (Lord of Heaven) in a series of marriages that is rich of value and meaning. Keywords: Halaika, Boti, Local Marriage

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Journal Info

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kwl

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Subject

Arts Humanities Social Sciences

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Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture is an interdisciplinary journal that explores the history, politics, economics, linguistics, sociology and anthropology of world’s local culture. The journal brings together original and innovative articles which deploy interdisciplinary and comparative ...