Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020)

An Analysis of Symbolic Meanings in Palang Pintu Tradition of the Betawi Wedding Ceremony

Authors
Rahman, Zakaria, NKD Tristiantari, Asri Wibawa Sakti
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Available Online 17 December 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201215.093How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Literary appreciation learning, Palang Pintu tradition, symbolic meanings
Abstract

Palang Pintu tradition is one of the Betawi ethnic cultural heritage which is performed in the process of a wedding ceremony. Besides enacted as a performance to entertain people, Palang Pintu is loaded with cultural literacy. The purpose of the study is to find out a comprehensive description of symbolic meanings and literary appreciation learning in Palang Pintu tradition of the Betawi wedding ceremony. The performance process of Palang Pintu contains remarkable values namely reading salawat indicating that the Betawi people always obey the Islamic value., The pukul/beklai (a form of martial arts) is a symbol that a man as the head of the family and must be able to protect his household; and lantunan sike (reciting the verses of the Holy Qur’an) implies that a man is a leader in his household. Furthermore, berbalas pantun (pantun speech) in Palang Pintu tradition is one form of the literary appreciation. The method used is the descriptive analysis of literature studies, observation and interviews with experts were done as the triangulation of the data. The study found that Palang Pintu tradition has symbolic values such as leadership, religiosity that can be used as an opportunity for children’s literacy appreciation learning.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 December 2020
ISBN
978-94-6239-303-5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201215.093How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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