TITLE:
Nempung Messages in Communication Manggarai Traditional Marriage: Case Study of Three Clay Events on Communication Manggarai Traditional Marriage in Kupang City, NTT, Indonesia
AUTHORS:
Darus Antonius, Yuliana Wahyu
KEYWORDS:
Nempung, Cultural Communication, Marriage
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.8 No.3,
March
25,
2020
ABSTRACT: The
problems of this study: 1) what are the similarities and differences in the
characteristics of the practice of Nempung message communication in the three
cases of Manggarai Customary Marriage communication in Kupang? 2) What symbols
were found during the implementation of Nempung in these three traditional
marriage communication events? 3) What is the meaning of the Nempung symbols in
the three Manggarai traditional marriage communication events in Kupang city?
4) What is the importance Nempung message
for the wedding couple of the next generation of Manggarai today? Discussion of
the results of the study, first, the three cases of Nempung have unique
characteristics due to different conditions underlying them. But, the three
also showed a fundamental similarity. In the Nempung event, a symbolic communication interaction process took place
between two different families. The communication process of Nempung provides
important messages for new families and for the bond of relations between the
two extended families (male and female families). Second, important
communication symbols in Nempung include: 1) Human symbols as prototypes; 2) Pet
symbols; 3)
Symbols of material and life necessities
such as machetes (kope), traditional
cloth Manggrai (towe songke), dulang,
sack rice, each of which has its own meaning in the life of a new family in the
future. Third, the symbols of Nempung communication mean deeply to the lives of
Manggarai people in general and newlyweds in developing new family visions and
missions, especially in daily life. Fourth, implementing Nempung according to
Manggarai custom is very important for the traditional legitimacy of the
marriage of two people who want to live as husband and wife. Without Nempung,
marriages have not received the legitimacy of the Manggarai custom. The
influence of the times, Nempung tends to be ignored by some Manggarai
marriages. Even the marriage of two people is bypassed by shortcuts, elopement,
gathering kebo, without customary
affairs. Suggestions
are given: 1) For the Manggarai bride and groom, the results of this study are
useful as information material to live up to the importance of adat legitimacy
for their marriage as a legal entity. 2) For Manggarai parents, the results of
this study serve as inspiration for strengthening their belief in the
importance of traditional legitimacy to their marriages and future generations. 3) For the Manggarai community, the results of
this study become informational material to understand the nature of marriage
from the perspective of traditional Manggarai and inspiration material to
continue to believe that Nempung is a moment of traditional legitimacy that
must be maintained for traditionally legimated marriages. 4) For the following researchers, the results of this study provide
a foundation for further research on the relevance of the current Nempung
communication event.