Myths) As the Behavior of the Minangkabau Community
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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by E-Journal IAIN BATUSANGKAR 2nd International Seminar on Education 2017 Empowering Local Wisdom on Education for Global Issue Batusangkar, September 05-06-2017 THE EFFECT OF THE UNITARY TRUST (MYTHS) AS THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MINANGKABAU COMMUNITY Rini Wirasty,B FKIP- PBS Universitas Mahaputra Muhammad Yamin Solok [email protected] ABSTRACT The phrase of belief (myth) makes character or behavior in society. The social life of various cultures makes variations in behavior. Minangkabau culture shows that the behavior of the community departs from the expression of popular belief, which at this moment the influence of myth is still in use in everyday life. In terms of the function of the myth itself is in use the community in providing advice, reprimands, education / how to educate, child prohibition or kemanakan, as well as some people who are considered necessary, make this mythical behavior develops and form the character of society itself. (Myth) is still rooted, making the culture Minang still able to survive in turmoil of cultural variations and life kemodrenan. Progress in thinking, acting to make Minangkabau culture smart in behaving. This paper reveals the behavior of Minangkabau people to express the beliefs of the people or more in the know with myths. Keywords: Myth, Behavior, Society, Minangkabau INTRODUCTION Cultural behavior is not perceived as a burden, but as a necessity. This is created because it is his paper is still associated with some of continuously done with guidance and my other writings that I have also T supervision and exemplary in all aspects and seminarkan or there are also in the publication creativity in the culture itself. In addition, through the journal. The myth or expression of there are conditions and situations that are public or people's beliefs is a topic I have created to support the ongoing creativity and raised for some writing. Myth is an interesting other activities within the cultural context in thing studied in the form as a reflection of the society. character formation of children, both at school Culture is closely related to society. and even at home sakali too. Myth can also Melville J. Herskovits and Bronislaw reflect our behavior. Malinowski argue that everything in society is The myth that will be discussed in this determined by the culture that society owns paper is appointed from the Minangkabau itself. The term to get it is cultural- area, as a reflection of the behavior of the Determinism. Herskovits views culture as a Minangkabau community. The myth in hereditary from one geeration to another, later Minangkabau is still well preserved, as people referred to as superoganic. still use it as a social controller in society. According to Andreas Eppink, culture contains the whole notion of social norms, REVIEW OF RELATED THEORIES social values, science and the whole social, 1 Cultural Influence religious, and other structures, in addition to Behavior is a habit perpetrated by all the intellectual, artistic statements that individuals repeatedly so that it becomes characterize a society. automatic or takes place spontaneously. 353 2nd International Seminar on Education 2017 Empowering Local Wisdom on Education for Global Issue Batusangkar, September 05-06-2017 According to Edward Burnett Tylor, understand the implied meaning contained in culture is a complex whole, in which an utterance (by James Danandjaya: 1991). knowledge, belief, art, morals, laws, customs, People's belief that is often called superstition and other abilities are gained as a member of is a belief by Western-educated people is society. considered simple not based on logic so that According to Selo Soemardjan, and scientifically can not be accounted for. Soelaiman Soemardi, culture is a means of the Superstition includes not only the confidence work, taste, and creation of society. (belief), but also behavior (behavior), Description of the various definitions above, experiences (experiences), there are times can be obtained understanding of culture is when the tool, and usually also expressions something that will affect the level of and rhyme (Bruvand in Danandjaja 1991: 53). knowledge and include the system of ideas or Folklor oral is folklore whose form is a ideas contained in the human mind, so that in combination of oral and non-verbal elements. everyday life, the culture is abstract. Expression of the people's trust can be While cultural manifestations are classified into one of the most verbal folklore things created by human beings as cultured which grow and develop in these areas, beings, in the form of behaviors, and objects of including in Nagari Selayo lemur District of a real nature, such as patterns of behavior, Solok District. The expression of people's trust language, tools of life, social organization, in the ceremony is because the people's trust religion, art, etc., all of which Intended for consists of oral statements coupled with humans in carrying out the life of the gesture gestures that are considered community. supernatural meanings. According to In addition there are three forms of culture: Danandjaja (1991: 154), superstitions a. The form of thoughts, ideas, ideas, norms, concerning beliefs and practices (habits), are rules, and so on. This being from abstract generally inherited through word-of-mouth culture is in the mind of each member of media. These words of speech are described the society in which it lives. with terms consisting of signs or causes and b. Activities of human patterned behavior in consequences. The superstition society. The social system consists of The first is based on causal human activities that interact, interact and relationships by association whereas the mingle with each other at any time and second superstition, that is, the deliberate always follow certain patterns based on the human act that causes a result is what we call customs of behavior. This social system is magic or magic (Koentjaraningrat in real or concrete. Danandjaja 1991: 53). According to c. Physical form, is the total physical result of Wittgenstain (in Parera, 1990: 18), the the activities of human actions and works meaning of an utterance is shaped by its use in in society. language society. The phrase of popular belief is made up of words that form language and 2 Expressions of People's Faith have meaning, as Chaer (2003: 44) says, that The phrase is an attempt speakers to language is a system of symbolic sounds, or give birth to feelings, views and emotions in meaningful speech sounds. The meaning of the the form considered most appropriate that he expression is given directly by the informant. said opponents of the meaning implied in the So the meaning of the expression of trust that expression of trust is a the assurance of we get from informat in the form of words something. Society is a number of inhabitants from speech acts that form the language and who inhabit an area. So the expression of meaning of the expression of belief that will be public confidence is a business speaker to a explained each meaning and function of the group of people to convey information that expression of trust that will be described. gave birth to the feelings, views and emotions According to Wittgenstain (in Parera, 1990: 18 that are considered most appropriate speaker ), The meaning of an utterance is shaped by its so that a group of people to know and use in the language society. The phrase of 354 2nd International Seminar on Education 2017 Empowering Local Wisdom on Education for Global Issue Batusangkar, September 05-06-2017 popular belief is made up of words that form the human body, and medicine (E) travel or language and have meaning, as Chaer (2003: communications, (f) love, courtship and 44) says, that language is a system of symbolic marriage, (g) death and customs of funerals. sounds, or meaningful speech sounds. The The superstitions of birth, the period Baby, meaning of the expression is given directly by and childhood, love, courtship, and marriage, the informant. So the meaning of the death and custom burial is the belief of the expression of trust that we get from informat people who became the background of life in the form of words from speech act which cycle rituals of human being that many form the language and meaning of expression practiced by the Indondesia. Based on the of belief that will be explained each meaning above description and function of expression of belief that will 3 Behavior be explained. The meaning of the expression of popular belief is conveyed with the meaning Behavior comes from the words of the kias or implied. It is intended that what "fairy" and "behavior". Fairy means how to is delivered does not hurt other people. For act, and behavior means deeds, behaviors, example, not overlapping the corpses in the ways of doing things. Learning can be defined beko house in step kuciang, because it will be as a process by which painful for the simayat. The structure of terms an organization changes its behavior as a result is derived from the English language ie of experience. Skinner differentiates the structure which means form. Atmazaki (2005: behavior into two, namely: 96), Said the structure is an arrangement that 1. innate behavior (innate behavior), which is has interconnected relation between elements the behavior brought about since the organism or a series of elements are arranged in an is born in the form of reflexes and instincts. integrated manner. Superstition concerns trust 2. Behavior operand (operant behavior) is a and practice (habit). Generally inherited behavior formed through the learning process. through speech medium. These words are In humans, the operant or psychological explained in terms of signs or causes, and are behavior is the dominant one.