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The Portrait of Weeding Ritual Shift in Gorontalo City ICSEAS 2017 VOLUME (by editor) Number (by editor) Page (by editor) From Rituals towards Social Burdens: The Portrait of Weeding Ritual Shift in Gorontalo City Yowan Tamu, 1,2, Zulaiha Laisa 1 1 Faculty of Social Science, State University of Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia 1 Faculty of Social Science, State University of Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia 2Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Since culture has had a strong relationship with religions and their rituals, the existence of human beings and their cycle of life where culture and rituals as parts of them has been discussed for over decades. One of the rituals is wedding ritual where this ritual is interesting to explore due to its huge numbers of cultural and religious philosophy particularly the wedding ritual in Islamic society such as people in Gorontalo City – an Islamic based city in Sulawesi, eastern Indonesia. The wedding ritual in Gorontalo is thought-provoking because this retual is the longest ritual which consists of several phases, Mopoloduwo Rahasia, Tolobalango, Depito Dutu, Mopotilandahu, Saronde Dance, and Akaji. Each and every phase of this ritual has its religious, cultural and moral values in it. Despite the importance of its values, traditional marriage customs in Gorontalo city that used to be a symbol of the viscosity of cultural elements in social life has shifted due to some reasons – rational, practical, fashionable and modernist way of thinking and way of life. Another thing is the length of wedding ritual costs more money that has been the trigger of the shift even this has been a social burden for certain groups of people. Regarding the crucial problem of weeding ritual shift in Gorontalo, this research was conducted through ethnography method to reveal the current condition of wedding rituals in Gorontalo and the perception of Gorontalo people towards the meaning of wedding rituals. Keywords: culture, ritual, religion, shift, wedding, INTRODUCTION The characteristics of the culture in Gorontalo is found in various ceremonies, such as in Gorontalo is one of the ethnic groups in marriages, seven-month ritual for pregnant women this archipelago. In Gorontalo, for example, the experiencing the first pregnancy (refers to combination of the custom and culture of the Molonthalo in the Gorontalo language), birth, people is visibly compelling. This is reflected in an pembeatan or a specific cultural ceremony for expression found in 1637 AD and written in the welcoming grown up children, funeral, celebrations Gorontalo language, which says “Aadati hulo- of Islamic days, cultural titles, reception of hulo’a to sara’a, sara’a hulo-hulo’a to kitabullah”. domestic and international state guests, and so forth. In the Indonesian language, such expression means The marriage ceremony, in particular, has a lot of ”Adat bertumpu pada Syara, Syara Bertumpu pada procedures, such as Mopoloduwo Rahasia, Kitabullah” or culture relies on religious teaching, Tolobalango, Depito Dutu, Mopotilandahu, Saronde religious teaching relies on the holy Qur’an”. dance, and Covenant of Marriage. In the past, the SHIFTS IN THE SOCIETY AND CULTURE symbol of cultural elements of the people in Globalisation in the present century has far- Gorontalo was seen in the marriage rituals. reaching implications. Such implications are broad However, nowadays, there has been a shift in the and complex as they are influenced by advanced cultural elements of the marriage because of the communication and information technology. For rational, practical and modern way of thinking of example, a person can easily connect with another the people. person from any parts of the world. Also, various The shift in the marriage rituals is also items and pieces of information with a different influenced by financial factors, i.e., the allocated level of quality are available for consumption. As a budget for celebrating marriages. Marriage is not result, humans’ mindset, attitude, and behaviour only defined as part of the cultural values to be may change. This may lead to changes in other performed and preserved but also economically- aspects of life, such as relationships within family, related ritual activities and social burden for a society, and nation, or impact on the system of particular group of people in Gorontalo. Many culture (Marzali, 2005: 198-199) individuals in Gorontalo, to date, have no longer Changes may bring positive or negative performed all the procedures in marriage rituals influences, and this can be seen in the marriage because of the expensive cost these may incur. rituals in Gorontalo. Changes in such rituals, which The existence of meaning shifts in is affected by the social and economic situations of marriage rituals in Gorontalo has encouraged the the people in Gorontalo, shows that the people, researcher to conduct the research reported in the particularly from economically middle-class society, study. The topic of the research is “From ritual have not fully practised all procedures of the rituals. procedures to social burden: Taking pictures of a Nowadays, many marriage rituals are no longer held shift in marriage rituals in Gorontalo”. at home, but in specific wedding venues, which might cause social jealousy among the people. Today’s phenomenon suggests that there are THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE differences of views in terms of interpreting the Koentjaraningrat (1986:200-201) defines marriage rituals in Gorontalo. The people in culture as the whole system of ideas, actions, and Gorontalo is experiencing a cultural shift or a gap in the work of human beings in the framework of the defining the meaning of marriage rituals, which can life of society that is obtained by learning. This be seen in how the young and old generation of the definition affirms that the culture of human being people think and behave. The gap lies in the has at least three dimensions, namely, 1) the differences in perception between these two complex of ideas, values, norms, rules, minds, generations, which are influenced by such factors as which are also called the cultural system; 2) the a system of belief, values and attitudes, views of complex of human-centered activity in the society, life, family and the local community. These factors which is referred to as the social system; and 3) the affect both generations in perceiving the marriage form of culture, which is known as the physical rituals in Gorontalo. culture. All forms of culture in the world (universal FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION culture) comprises of seven universal elements, The culture of marriage in each region has i.e., language, the system of technology, the system always been a fascinating topic to discuss from the of livelihood and economics, social organisation, perspectives of the cultural background and its the system of knowledge, religious teachings, and complexity. This is due to the fact that marriage arts. This order of universal elements of culture unifies two persons and their different values and corresponds to a particular theory saying that norms, such as social status, economics, and cultural language is the first emerging cultural element in values of their families. the human culture. The universal culture consists According to Wantjik, marriage is the of the system of values that symbolise culture as a emotional bond between a man and a woman as system of ideas. husband and wife, aiming to form a happy family in In the context of the research reported in the guidance of God. From the sociology this article, marriage rituals are defined as part of perspective, a marriage can be defined as a social the element of religious-related culture. Rituals phenomenon that changes a person’s status, for cannot be separated from culture, for instance, the example, as a bachelor or a young girl into a new ritual of the life cycle, from the time when one is legally social status as a husband for the bachelor born until one passes away. Such culture can be and wife for the young girl. found amidst society in many parts of the world. This sacred ritual ceremony is one of the cultural richness of a region which entails strong The shift of concepts in marriage ethical values. A traditional marriage ritual is the There are concerns of the people in most important and decisive moment because it is Gorontalo associated with the implementation of a transitional period from one stage to the next. cultural ceremonies. The way these people perceive The marriage ritual is a rite crises and passage that the meaning of cultural ceremony has shifted has a social function of declaring to a broad dramatically. The people also feel that holding a audience the new level of living that the married wedding reception is economically difficult for individuals have attained (Koentjaraningrat them. 1981:90). The process of marriage, for parents and The tradition and marriage rituals in young people, do not involve the actual cultural Gorontalo procedures. The ignorance of the young people The people in Gorontalo has a long history also contributes to the implementation of the of thinking about efforts to find the truth in life. cultural process which is not like as it should be This is reflected in the various forms of traditional held. For a young married couple, they think that ceremonies of the people. The ceremony is a long they no longer deal with the technical aspects of picture of the history of human thoughts in art and the culture of their marriage. They believe that this religion, which also dates back to prehistoric times is the responsibility of their parents that they (Lubis, 2007: 13). cannot interfere. As Danni puts it: The people in Gorontalo have a culture of “untuk masalah pernikahan dengan depe the marriage ceremony. Marriage is a sacred and adat, torang so serahkan sama orang tua important thing to regulate the life and the society.
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