Tradition of Peumeunab and Seumeuleung as A Culture of The Kingdom Negeri Daya (Social Reality Study in Annual Ritual Ceremony in Jaya District, Aceh Jaya Regency)

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue XII, December 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

Tradition of Peumeunab and Seumeuleung as A Culture of The Kingdom Negeri Daya (Social Reality Study in Annual Ritual Ceremony in Jaya District, Aceh Jaya Regency)

BAMIDELE, Owemidu Femi¹, BADIORA, Adewumi Israel^2
1Doctoral Program Social Science, University of Merdeka Malang
^2,3University of Merdeka Malang, Indonesia

Abstract: Writing this article is to describe, among others, (1) Tradition and implementation Peumeunab Seumeuleung (2) Background and persistence of tradition Peumeunab Seumeuleung, and (3) Strategy and tradition Peumeunab Seumeuleung. This study used a qualitative approach. Collecting data using interviews and documentation. Data analysis was performed with data collection, condensation, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Implementation of tradition and ceremony Peumeunab Seumeuleung has experienced a shift in the timing of the ceremony that was originally performed only once in a year is now twice a year with the agenda of the Government. And continued with a series of processions of the stakeholders of the Negeri Daya make pilgrimage Sultan Salatin Alaidin Riayatsyah called Poe Teumeureuhom ends with face wash with water in a jar that contained the tomb area. The social capital that high a spirit of togetherness, solidarity community support, the trust of the royal family from generation to generation as family values, responsibility role, value heritage, a sense of belonging together as a wealth of tradition / culture and religion, the wealth of the kingdom is still productive and manageable well.

Keywords: Tradition, and Peumeunab Seumeuleung, culture, ceremony, ritual, Tomb

I. INTRODUCTION

Cultural diversity patterns in the country has made Indonesia as a country that is rich in culture and traditional customs are generally local in rural areas. Culture is defined for the first time by EB Taylor in 1871, more than a hundred years ago, in his book Primitive Culture, where culture is defined as the total which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and ability and other habits acquired by man as a member of society. Although in 1952 Kroeber and Kluckholn inventory of more than 150 definitions of culture for more than three quarters of a century, but basically there is no difference in principle is the first definition that triggered Taylor (Suriasumantri, 2009: 261).

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