Meaning of symbols in traditional death ceremonies nyatus, nyiu, nyoyang in karang raden village, tanjung district, north lombok
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Traditional death procession, Meaning of symbols, EcolinguisticsAbstract
The traditional and cultural processions that have developed are very varied, ranging from traditional birth, marriage, to death processions. The people of Lombok recognize several series of traditional ceremonies after a person's death, starting from the third anniversary of death (nelung), nine days (nyiwaq), 40 days (petang dase/petang pulu), one hundred (nyatus), up to a thousand days (nyiu). Traditional ceremonies nyatus, nyiu, nyoyang is a series of traditional ceremonies to commemorate the anniversary of someone's death, namely the centenary anniversary (nyatus), a thousand days (nyiu), as well as (nyoyang) which is the culminating event of the entire series of processions in traditional death ceremonies. In this series of customs there are many symbols with various meanings. This ceremony is still preserved in Karang Raden village, Tanjung subdistrict, North Lombok district. The aim of this research is to understand the meaning of the symbols contained in traditional processions nyatus, nyiu, nyoyang. To understand the entire series of traditional processions nyatus, nyiu, nyoyang this requires a direct research methodology, namely interview methods, documentation, and skilled methods using note-taking techniques. The results obtained from this research are that the meaning of symbols contained in death customs has various meanings. The traditional death procession in the North Lombok Region is very complex and full of meaning. Each symbol in the traditional death ceremony procession has a meaning for the good of the person who died. It turns out that each organ in the human body has a symbol in the form of an object with a different meaning from one another.
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