scholarly journals The Ethnographic Description and Analysis for Culture of Hajj-Ceremonies Performance and Its Impact on Public Social Relations in Shooshtar City (Iran)

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Azar Gholizadeh ◽  
Mahmoud Navarbafzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Dramatic Effect ◽  
Khuzestan Province ◽  
Philosophy Of Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Depth Interview

Ten thousand thousands of people move from their own homeland and city toward Hejaz every year in order to perform hajj minor (Omareh Mofradeh) and major (Hajj Tamatto) pilgrimages as one of the most splendid religious prayers of Muslims. The Hajj culture is one of the precious, dynamic, and live sources of which the spirit of life, morality, and philosophy of life is induced and inspired. It familiarizes public emotion and insight within framework of rites and ceremonial activities by the aid of its latent values, norms, mysteries, and secrets. It is hereby followed by a pleasant pattern for life and dramatic effect in social ties. The present article is intended to conduct an ethnographic description and analysis on Hajj culture and its impact on public social relations among people of Shooshtar city (Iran, Khuzestan province) through employing ethnographical technique and for the sake of data collection some tools have been utilized including oral history, observation, and in-depth interview. The resultant findings have signified this point that hajj culture might noticeably effect on social ties and relations where this significant effect is surely visible in ethnic customs and ceremonies of the people. The people hold this ceremony with a lot of enthusiasm and eager similar to the past that is deemed as a type of thanksgiving and prayer for God as creator. Despite of public eager and enthusiasm for participation and holding these ceremonies and rites, the lavish luxuriousness phenomenon has been accustomed in their performance as well that caused their social relations not to be proportionally performed to cultural values of hajj and in other words a type of haughtiness, masquerading, and envy has been observed in performing these ceremonies and rites.

The Significance of Earth-Eating: Social and Cultural Aspects of Geophagy Among Luo Children

Africa ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Wenzel Geissler
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
The People ◽  
Cultural Themes

ABSTRACTEarth‐eating is common among primary school children in Luoland, western Kenya. This article describes the social significance and meanings attributed to it. Earth‐eating is practised among children before puberty, irrespective of their sex, and among women of reproductive age, but not usually among adult men or old women. To eat earth signifies belonging to the female sphere within the household, which includes children up to adolescence. Through eating earth, or abandoning it, the children express their emerging gender identity. Discourses about earth‐eating, describing the practice as unhealthy and bad, draw on ‘modern’ notions of hygiene, which are imparted, for example, in school. They form part of the discursive strategies with which men especially maintain a dominant position in the community. Beyond the significance of earth‐eating in relation to age, gender and power, it relates to several larger cultural themes, namely fertility, belonging to a place, and the continuity of the lineage. Earth symbolises female, life‐bringing forces. Termite hills, earth from which is eaten by most of the children and women, can symbolise fertility, and represent the house and the home, and the graves of ancestors. Earth‐eating is a form of ‘communion’ with life‐giving forces and with the people with whom one shares land and origin. Earth‐eating is a social practice produced in complex interactions of body, mind and other people, through which children incorporate and embody social relations and cultural values.

Angnginrang

Emik ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-211
Author(s):  
Jumalia Jumalia
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Female College Student ◽  
The People ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Human Need ◽  
The Common ◽  
Spiritual Satisfaction ◽  
The Impact

Human need is human desires to own and enjoy the usefulness of goods or services that can provide physical and spiritual satisfaction for survival. This study deals with the common social practice of debting at Kodingateng Island, Makassar. It examine the people’s perspective about debt, the debt mechanism, and the impact of debt in their social life. This study was carried out at Kodingareng Island, Makassar, an island where debting is a common social practice. There were 11 participants involved in this study, consisting of a female college student, seven fishermen's wives, and a stall seller (pagadde-gadde), a diver (paselang), and a fisherman (papekang). They are aged between 24 and 47 years. Data was collected using in-depth interview (to explore people's perspectives on debt, debting mechanism, and the impact of debting behavior towards their life; and observation (to observe indebted transactions, who owes, what is owed, billing and payment moments). The study shows that people at Kodingareng Island perceive debt (inrang) as a “habit” that has become a local tradition and debt as a “bond” between the lender (to appa'nginrang) and the borrower (to nginrang). The debt mechanism depends on debted needs, which are varied from primary needs, secondary needs, and tertiary needs; and on the importance of such need. The more important an item becomes, the more often the type of item is debted. The mechanism is simple, one just mention what s/he need and goods can be directly taken or delivered. Despite the fact there is a informal agreement between the lender and the borrower, in many cases the payment methods depends on the borrower. The impact of debt for the people of Kodingareng Island is categorized into three: people are trapped in an endless debt since debt is carried out continuously; generating generation debtors since they are accustomed to see and to practice debt; and affecting community social relations since payments are faltered, despite debting is not a shamefull behaviour.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Built Environment on Human Behaviors

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Amira Mersal Mahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Architectural Style ◽  
Space Design ◽  
The People ◽  
Old City ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
The Impact

This study discusses the issue of the relationship between the physical environment and the behavior of its inhabitants in the traditional cities (The Old City of Al-Quds). It analyses the effects that results from that particular physical environment on the different aspects of the lives of its people, as well as their interactive influence and change on the features of the environment within which they are living in order to adapt to their different needs in this rapidly changing era of technological revolution. This is to understand how does the old urban fabric - which was originally formed as reflection and translation to a past culture - emphasize utilizing the knowledge of human behavior while designing the built environments. It also discusses the role of architects in the psychological space design and formation of appropriate and inappropriate behavioral patterns by them. This study aims mainly to shed light on the housing in the old city of Al-Quds; in particular; which has shown continuous decline in its standards and requirements of living for the functional, social, educational psychological, and health aspects of the population. This is to determine the extent to which the influence between the population and the physical environment exists through the analysis of the specific architectural style of the housing environment, with its particular formation, elements and characteristics on the people's traditions, values, and social relations. The study leads to the conclusion that the existing situation of the residential environment, in old city, had lost much of its cultural values which forms the linking joint between the cultural and social identity of the inhabitants and the architectural style of the physical fabric of housing. It also concludes that the reality of its existing situation has a negative impact on residents' characteristics and on their different life issues, while sometimes keeping part of the original features. The study recommends that upgrading the housing use within the old city in Al-Quds is one of the most important factors; not only to save the old city alive, but also to revive the cultural values associated with our cultural heritage and national identity which could be achieved by applying various programs among people to support them, promote their living conditions, raise their awareness , and strengthen their national affiliation which will also lead to arresting the decline in the historic monuments which are closely linked not only to the people own civilization but also to their historic rights in this land.

scholarly journals MAKNA BUDAYA DALAM MITOS DI MINAHASA (MEANING OF CULTURE IN MYTHS IN MINAHASA)

Kadera Bahasa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Nontje Deisye Wewengkang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Basic Element ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Cultural Meaning ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
The Past

Myth is a medium of understanding and inheriting cultural values that are believed by society in the past and also influences people’s mindsets in the present. In this study, myth is a reflection of social structures and social relations in which there are basic feelings commonly shared by human beings, such as love, , or revenge. This study aims to (1) describe the mythical myths Minahasa and (2) express the cultural meanings of the Minahasa people contained in Minahasa myths. The benefits of this study are in the form of disclosing the concepts of cultural meaning possessed by the Minahasa tribe so that they can broaden the horizons of thought about Minahasa society and culture. The method used in this study is the expository description method. Lévi-Strauss states that myths are formed by units of basic elements, in which the basic element units have a dual structural structure, namely historical and ahistorical at the same time whose elements are combined or connected to one another to produce meaning.

Coming to Terms with Horror

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Festić
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Ethnic Relations ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
The Past ◽  
Memory Work ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Post War

AbstractThe paper discusses the possibilities of building a framework for conceptualization and understanding of the effects of the atrocities committed upon the collapse of ‘ex-Yugoslavia’. It relates the war-horrors and personal and collective traumas to the everyday of the people(s) of both the communist and post-communist times, and includes empirical cross-references from the social relations, cultural, educational and political contexts while revealing the ambivalent meanings of the ‘ghosts of the past’ and of their ‘return’. In rethinking the notions of the signifier, representation, the abject from the social/the symbolic, the text argues for the centrality of memory work based on victims’ experiences and their articulation in public spaces in the post-war societies. Envisioning the move forward and safer inter-ethnic relations on the discussed territories argues for individual responsibility in the processes of (re)construction and (re)formation of complex personal, collective and national identities, lived memory and institutions and in attempts to inter- and intracommunicate the particularized units.

scholarly journals Tahtacı Toplulukları Üzerine Bir Araştırma: Antalya İli Örneği

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-53
Author(s):  
Gamze Şenyayla
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Human History ◽  
Direct Proportion ◽  
The Past ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
The Social

Cultural and religious heritage, which has been important in understanding social relations throughout human history, appears with its differentiating profiiles in today's modern world. After long years of woodworking, Tahtacıs have settled down and gained a new life look with their cultural characteristics. There are few studies in the literature about the profiles of Tahtacıs, who made a living by woodworking in the past, in direct proportion to processes such as modernization and urbanization. Within the scope of the study, the current lifestyles, traditions, and cultures of Tahtacıs, together with their problems and expectations will be examined through the data obtained from the regions where they live. Based on this, Elmalı Akçaeniş Village and Manavgat Gültepe Neighborhood, both of which have Tahtacı population in Antalya province, have been determined as field of study. The study was designed with a qualitative research design and the data were obtained using interview and participant observation techniques. The data are handled comparatively in terms of identity, religion, social relations, economic characteristics, and spatial contexts. According to the results of the study, it was found that the social ties of Tahtacıs were weakened and their traditions, customs and lifestyles changed along with their socio-economic conditions.

scholarly journals KONSEPSI TENTANG TUHAN DALAM TEKS AKSARA SWARA

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesti Mulyani
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Symbol System ◽  
Script Language ◽  
Existence Of God ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
The Universe

Aksara swara termasuk di dalam klasifikasi bunyi bahasa, yakni bunyi vokal. Aksara swara adalah suatu sistem lambang grafis atau lambang bunyi (aksara) yang digunakan untuk menuliskan bahasa Jawa. Jumlah aksara Jawa ada 6, yaitu a – i – u – e [e, æ] – o – e [ǝ]. Penulisan dengan Aksara swara telah berhasil mendokumentasikan dan mengabadikan ajaran konsepsi tentang Tuhan bernuansa rasa kejawen melalui naskah Serat Kridhasastra karya Mas Ngabei Mangunwijaya yang berisi salah satunya adalah teks Aksara Swara.Tulisan ini berusaha menyajikan suatu gagasan yang berhubungan dengan ajaran konsepsi tentang Tuhan. Gagasan mengangkat kembali ajaran konsepsi tentang Tuhan itu disajikan melalui kajian deskriptif terhadap teks berjudul Aksara Swara.Pengkajian teks berjudul Aksara Swara karya Mas Ngabei Mangunwijaya diharapkan dapat memahami makna teks bagi masyarakat pada zamannya, yakni pada masa lampau sebagai sejarah, dan pada masa kini sebagai pemertahanan eksistensi ajaran atau piwulang, dalam hal ini konsepsi tentang Tuhan serta pada masa yang akan datang sebagai dokumentasi dan pelestarian mengenai ajaran konsepsi tentang Tuhan terdiri atas (1) Tuhan sebagai  Af’al atau Pencipta alam semesta, (2) Keberadaan Tuhan, (3) Tuhan sebagai Sumber Kehidupan makhluk, (4) Kekuasaan Tuhan, dan (5) Sirrullah yang tersimpan dalam teks tersebut. Selanjutnya, pada masa kini dan masa nanti makna teks tersebut dapat dimanfaatkan untuk mengungkap dan melestarikan nilai-nilai budaya Jawa sebagai pembentukan akhlak dan kepribadian manusia secara religius.Kata kunci: konsepsi tentang Tuhan, Aksara Swara AbstractAksara Swara included in the classification of the sounds of language, which sounds vokal. Vowel script is a graphic emblem or symbol system sound (characters) used to write Java script language. There are 6 vowel script, namely a - i - u - e [e, æ ] - o - e [ǝ] . The process of writting of vowel script successfully documented and perpetuate the theory construct about God in Javanese point of view through manuscript Serat Kridhasastra by Mas Ngabei Mangunwijaya containing one of which is a text Aksara Swara.This paper tries to present an idea that relates with the theory construct about God. The idea reappoint the theory construct about God was presented through a descriptive study of the text entitled Aksara Swara.Assessment of the text titled Aksara Swara by Mas Ngabei Mangunwijaya expected to understand the meaning of the text for the people of his time, which in the past as history, and today as the retention of the existence of the doctrine or piwulang, in this case the conception of Tuhan and in the future as the documentation and preservation of the theory construct about God of the above (1) God as the creator of the universe Af'al or, (2) existence of God, (3) God as being the source of life, (4) Power of God, and (5) Sirrullah stored in the text. Furthermore, in the present and future meaning of the text later can be used to uncover and preserve the cultural values of Java as the formation of human character and personality religiously.Keywords: the theory construct about God, Aksara Swara

scholarly journals Pengaruh Persepsi Tradisi Tahlilan di Kalangan Masyarakat Muhammadiyah terhadap Relasi Sosial di Desa Gulurejo Lendah Kulon Progo Yogyakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Ana Riskasari
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Relation ◽  
Common View ◽  
The People ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Social Empathy ◽  
The Common ◽  
Descriptive Method

Like the understood by the common view that tahlilan is a very stronger tradition of the community of Nahdhatul Ulama'. Its, because NU society makes tahlilan as one of his trademark. However, over time, now tahlilan not just implemented by NU community, but Muhammadiyah community which initially clearly reject tahlilan because it is considered as bid’ah, now can accept and implement it. This phenomenon according to the author is very unique to be reviewed. In this case the author tries to take the example of a group of community Muhammadiyah in Gulurejo Village, District Lendah, Kulon Progo Regency, Yogyakarta as research subjects.This research explanations about the influence of perceptions of tahlilan tradition among the Muhammadiyah community of Gulurejo Village on social relations. The purpose of this research is to know the perception of Muhammadiyah community of Gulurejo Village about the existence of tahlilan and the extent of its implication in social relation among the people in Gulurejo Village.Data in this research is obtained through observation and in-depth interview with some of Muhammadiyah of Gulurejo Village. Data collected through the method of written documents such as village archives and some stories from local community figures related to this research. Then the data obtained were analyzed by using qualitative descriptive method, that is to describe systematically and accurately about facts and characteristics about the population. From this research, it was found that the tradition of tahlilan held by the Muhammadiyah community in Gulurejo Village is a manifestation of social empathy towards others and its existence can reduce their individualistic attitude.[Seperti yang dipahami oleh pandangan umum bahwa tahlilan merupakan tradisi yang sangat kental dengan masyarakat Nahdhatul Ulama’. Salah satu sebabnya, karena masyarakat NU menjadikan tahlilan sebagai salah satu dari ciri khasnya. Akan tetapi seiring dengan berubahnya waktu, kini tahlilan tidak lagi dijalankan masyarakat NU saja, masyarakat Muhammadiyah yang pada awalnya jelas-jelas menolak tahlilan karena dianggap sebagai bid’ah, kini sudah bisa menerima dan melaksanakannya. Fenomena seperti inilah menurut penulis sangat unik untuk dikaji ulang. Dalam hal ini penulis mencoba mengambil contoh dari sekelompok masyarakat Muhaammadiyah di Desa Gulurejo, Kecamatan Lendah, Kabupaten Kulon Progo, DIY sebagai subyek penelitian.Penelitian ini mengulas tentang pengaruh persepsi tradisi tahlilan di kalangan masyarakat Muhammadiyah Desa Gulurejo terhadap relasi sosial. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui persepsi masyarakat Muhammadiyah Desa Gulurejo terhadap keberadaan tahlilan dan sejauh mana implikasinya di dalam relasi sosial antar warga di Desa Gulurejo.Data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh melalui observasi dan wawancara mendalam dengan beberapa warga Muhammadiyah Desa Gulurejo. Data-data yang dikumpulkan melalui metode dokumen-dokumen tertulis seperti arsip-arsip desa dan beberapa cerita dari tokoh-tokoh masyarakat setempat yang berhubungan dengan penelitian ini. Kemudian data yang diperoleh dianalisis dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif, yaitu menggambarkan secara sistematis dan akurat tentang fakta-fakta serta karakteristik mengenai populasi yang diteliti. Dari penelitian ini, ditemukan bahwa tradisi tahlilan yang dilaksanakan oleh masyarakat Muhammadiyah di Desa Gulurejo merupakan wujud dari empati sosial terhadap orang lain dan keberadaannya dapat mereduksi sikap individualistik mereka.]

scholarly journals WEDDING GIFT EXCHANGE AMONG THE PEOPLES OF DAGESTAN: TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 783-799
Author(s):  
Aida K. Amirkhanova ◽  
Aminat A. Bayramkulova
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Gift Exchange ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Moral Damage ◽  
Exchange Relations

The purpose of this article is to show the state of modern exchange relations in the wedding ceremonies of the peoples of Dagestan and to trace the variants of their transformation at different stages of the wedding. Ceremonies of wedding gift exchange of Dagestanis today have similar features with traditional customs and ceremonies. However, over time, under the influence of ethno-cultural and other processes, modern exchange relations within wedding customs have undergone certain transformations, adapting to the modern way of life of the people. It is known that exchange relations are the most archaic tradition of social life of any nation, originating in ancient times. It is believed that the traditions of gift exchange were created to preserve existing or create new kinship and social relations within or between communities. However, in recent years, its main functions are increasingly becoming a thirst for profit, i.e., gift exchange acquires utilitarian functions. Many of the symbolic wedding gifts of the past have now been replaced by money, and their value is increasing every year. Since the post-Soviet period, the expressed interest and return of the peoples of Dagestan to their traditional customs and rituals (including wedding) can be traced. However, the moral and ethical side of these customs remained in the past. To solve these problems and facilitate the wedding (reduce costs) and all its stages, it is necessary to introduce into modern rites of wedding gift exchange reasonable ethical standards to regulate these rituals. It is necessary to rethink the current traditional customs of gift exchange, bringing material and moral damage to the family, to choose and preserve the most important of them, corresponding to the modern way of life of Dagestanis, discarding unnecessary and irrelevant rituals.

scholarly journals Building Character And Literacy Skills Of Primary School Students Through Puppet Contemplative Sukuraga

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Iis Nurasiah ◽  
Din Azwar Uswatun ◽  
Arsyi Rizqia Amalia
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Education Culture

<p>Education is a process of enculturation, serves bequeath the values and achievements of the past to the future generations. Values and achievement that is the pride of the nation and the people make it known to other nations. In addition to bequeath, education also has a function to develop the cultural values and achievements of the past into the nation's cultural values corresponding to the life of the present and future, as well as developing new achievements into new character of the nation. Therefore, education, culture and national character is at the core of an educational process. literacy skills expected to provide supplies for children in reading, writing, and appreciating and responding to all types of communication. Creating literat generation requires a long process and means conducive. It begins with small and family environment, and are supported or developed in school, social environment, and the work environment. Puppet Sukuraga laden with enlightenment, education, reflection, invite people really keep up with both his body as a God-given mandate in accordance with the nature of their respective functions.</p>

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