Tobacco harvesting ceremony on Merapi mountainsides as a preservation of cultural values and Javanese inheritance: critical discourse analysis

Abstract

Indonesia is a country with a diversity of cultures and ethnicity. Each region has a unique culture. Thereby, preserving local wisdom is a must in enriching the culture and human nobility. The Tungguk Tobacco is one of the sacred rituals for people at the Merapi mountainsides, Boyolali Regency, as a beginning season of tobacco harvesting. This research used qualitative descriptive approach that is intended to investigate a condition, situation, and another event in the harvesting ceremony where the results are presented as a research report. This research was conducted in Selo District, Boyolali Regency, during the Tungguk Tobacco harvesting traditional ceremony activities and series of ritual events. The detailed results obtained for the subthemes are interrelated. These subthemes include gunungan a mountain or stack of tobacco and agricultural products, the Javanese symbolism of Tungguk Tobacco, and traditional art performances that met the requirements of TVD model analysis.

Keywords:

• Tobacco harvesting
• cultural values
• Javanese language inheritance

REVIEWING EDITOR:

• Timothy Clack, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

SUBJECTS:

• Culture; Heritage Management & Conservation; Language & Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Ethnicity and Culture

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Ani Rakhmawati

Ani Rakhmawati is a senior lecturer at the Sebelas Maret University Surakarta, Indonesia. She achieved MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Queensland and PhD in applied linguistics from the University of New England Australia. Her research interest includes discourse analysis, rhetorical studies, and Javanese language and cultural heritage. The research conducted was related to the Javanese tradition of tobacco harvesting ceremony in Boyolali, Central Java.

Fajar Nur Anisa

Fajar Annisa is a graduate student interested in research on Javanese traditions and culture. She lives in Boyolali where ritual tobacco harvest celebrations occur every year. She is also a young teacher who is working on a thesis related to discourse analysis of news and journalistic matter.

Muhammad Aditya Wisnu Wardana

Muhammad Aditya Wisnu Wardana is an undergraduate student of teacher training and education program. His is now working on research based on discourse analysis approach regarding campaign banners for 2024 Indonesian legislative candidates.