The roles of the Reba Ceremony: A review of cultural anthropology

Nong Hoban; Kanisius Rambut; Bonaventura R Seto Se

doi:10.53730/ijssh.v7n2.14365

Authors

Nong Hoban Flores University, Ende Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Eastern Indonesia
Kanisius Rambut
kanisiusrambut56@gmail.com
Flores University, Ende Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Eastern Indonesia
Bonaventura R. Seto Se Flores University, Ende Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Eastern Indonesia

Keywords:

cultural anthropology, harmonious relationship, Reba traditional ceremony, religious function, roles

Abstract

This article conveys the significant issue entitled: “The Roles of Reba Ceremony: A Review of Cultural Anthropology”. This title was raised from the study conducted by Hoban as a team leader, in 2018 which was carried out in Bajawa district, Central Flores. However, the title was inspired by an assumption that the Reba ceremony contains a set of roles that it plays, among others as an instrument to create a harmonious relationship with the Almighty and the Ancestors. This is an important and interesting issue to be discussed in this scientific paper. Then, it aims to examine more deeply the role of the Reba traditional ceremony. Moreover, the problems stated above can be analyzed based on the structural functionalism theory introduced by Talcott Parson (in Pell, 1994:60). He argues that every element in society has a function, which is contributed to maintaining a system as a whole. Related to this theory, the Reba ceremony is an element of the Bhajawa Society of their life system. Based on that theory, the ceremony attached to it has an important role in the life of its people.

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