Ritual Communication of Obiyem on Tamil Hindu Ethnic in Medan City Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201209.061How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Obiyem, Communication, Ritual Communication, Transcendental communication, Tamil, Hindu

Abstract

The Tamil Hindu ethnic community is spread across Indonesia, the majority live in Medan North Sumatra. Obiyem ritual is a religious activity believed by the Tamil Hindu ethnic community. The ritual has existed since the time of Bharatayudha and it is believed to eliminate bad karma for anyone who participates and performs the ritual. This ritual also obliges the devotees to make offerings to the Gods and Goddesses as a form of gratitude for giving abundance, maintain and protecting the universe. With the existence of ritual communication, the Tamil Hindu ethnic community in Medan can communicate and relate to the creator through the Obiyem ritual. This ritual is still carried out by the Tamil Hindu ethnic community to this day. The purpose of this study is to find out how the ritual communication is at the ceremony to the Tamil Hindu ethnic in Medan and what preparations are needed when the ritual is performed. Theories used in this research are communication theory, ritual communication and transcendental communication. The research method used was a phenomenological method with a qualitative descriptive approach. The data were obtained from in-depth interviews with three sources who understood about the ritual of Obiyem. The conclusion of this study is the ritual of Obiyem is a media used to communicate between humans and the Creator so that all bad karma is eliminated. It is also strengthening the relationship of Tamil Hindu ethnic society.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ratna Sari Puspa
AU  - Suzy Azeharie
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/12
TI  - Ritual Communication of Obiyem on Tamil Hindu Ethnic in Medan City Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 400
EP  - 404
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201209.061
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201209.061
ID  - Puspa2020
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