Buru Island Community Prohibition Expressions

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue III, March 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186

Buru Island Community Prohibition Expressions

 Risman Iye¹, Muhammad Syamsuddin Sofi², Naiana Benu³, I Made Suta Paramarta⁴, Taufik^5
1,2,5Literature Faculty, Iqra Buru University. Indonesia
^3,4Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Udayana University

Abstract: Abstinence is an example of a people’s culture that is still practiced today. The goal of this study is to discover the many types of abstinence found on Buru Island, particularly in Waimiting Village, as well as to investigate the social function of abstinence and to quantify the benefits of abstinence on the lives of the inhabitants of Waimiting Village, Buru Regency. Researchers utilize this strategy to directly participate in the implementation of culture in order to collect data and learn about or see existing traditions, such as abstinence culture. Observation, interview, and documentation were the three components of the data collection technique. The researcher analyzes the information gathered after it has been acquired. The term “analysis” refers to the process of decoding data so that meaning and conclusions may be formed from it. The findings of the study reveal that abstinence has an implicit and explicit meaning among the Buru community, particularly in Waimiting Village. The cause and effect of abstention are two elements of the statement. The Buru community’s manifestation of prohibition encompasses religious, educational, traditional, and health aspects in addition to meaning and structure.

Keywords; Abstinence, Culture, Waimiting, Buru

I. INTRODUCTION

Culture can also be said to be a system of ideas, actions, and the work of humans in community life which are made as human property by the learning process. (Susiati, Iye, 2018). This was also revealed by (Afandi, 2018). In other words, culture includes everything that humans get or learn as members of society. Culture according to (Anton & Mawarti, 2015) in his book (introduction to anthropology II 2005: 12) suggests that culture in Sanskrit Budhi (buddhayah) is the plural form, and thus “Culture can be interpreted as” mind and reason “. Culture is a complex whole that contains knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws, customs, and other abilities that a person can get as a member of society. This means that almost all human actions are called Culture because there are only a few human activities without learning. . These are called instinctive actions, reflexes, and so on. Culture can also be defined as symbols, norms, and shared values in the social order. Or the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes members of one human group from another. In general, the people of Buru district believe and even adhere to the tradition of abstinence and serve as dogma or rules in daily life. However, the understanding of abstinence is different among the people of Buru district, namely abstinence in Waimiting Village. Abstinence to prohibit is not only a linguistically conveyed prohibition, but a nonlinguistic prohibition exists in the practice of the community in this village.

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