INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Background of Study Indonesia
is a country which has many tribes: Bataknese, Javanese, Acehnese, Minangkabaunese, etc. These tribes
have their own tradition. Tradition is
something that has been done a long time and become a part of the life of a community. Tradition could be information passed on from generation to generation, both written or oral.
Among many tribes in Indonesia,
one of them is considered unique, that is
a tradition in Pariaman society in West Sumatera, it is heritage. This
tradition is practiced when parent
inherintance will fall to girls. This legacy will not fall into the boys if there were no wills of their
parents. The girls in Minangkabau society is very valuable, as all parents will be given
a legacy to the girls such as land, houses
and property. On the other hand, the boys just get a room in the house, if the boys are married and then divorced, he
will get right inside the house but only the room and will not become his property. If
they do not practice this tradition, they
will not get blessing from their parents. To get blessing from parents, they must obey their parents order. That is why,
this tradition is still practiced in Pariaman
community.
Based on the above statement, the
writer is interested to raise this heritage
as her topic. Since the writer wants to introduce that the heritage as a part of the tradition in the Pariaman. Besides
that, the writer is Minangkabaunese.
Data for this paper is gained trough library
and field research methods, that is by
reading some books concerned with the topic and asking some questions to Pariaman community around who still of
practice heritage as tradition. Thus, this
heritage will be known and will be an information for us.
1.2 The Scope of the Study There
are many tradition that need to be practiced in Pariaman such as Batabuik, wedding, heritage etc. But, it is
certainly impossible to explain them all in this paper. Therefore, the writer just
focused on heritage and how this tradition is still practiced in Pariaman community.
1.3 Purpose of the Study By
writing this paper, the writer wants to inform, introduce, and preserve the tradition of Pariaman community to the
reader. The objective of the study is to explain heritage and how this tradition is
still practiced in Pariaman community.
1.4 Significance of the Study This
paper discusses heritage as tradition in Pariaman community and how this tradition is still practiced in
Pariaman community. Besides that, it can be the source to the other community who has
different tradition.
The writer believes and hopes
that this writing will enrice information on Indonesian culture, especially Pariaman.
Besides that, it can be used as reference for the readers or students who are interested
in analyzing Pariaman tradition.
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