Meraje Anak Belai Dalam Pernikahan di Desa Pinang Belarik, Kecamatan Ujan Mas, Kabupaten Muara Enim

Abstract

Tradition is a legacy passed down from generation to generation by the previous people to us with the aim of being preserved. In the tradition contained ideas, norms and ideas that aim to regulate individuals in society. This study describes how the existence and process of the tradition of meraje anak belai at marriage in Pinang Belarik village, Ujan Mas sub-district, Muara Enim district. In this study using a qualitative descriptive method, namely explaining and presenting a study of all problems, then deductive conclusions are drawn, namely explaining a general explanation and then being drawn into a specific explanation, so that this research is easy to understand and understand the use of theory in this study using the theory of Peter L. Berger who divides into three parts, namely externalization, objectivity, and internalization. The results of this study explain the reasons why each individual still uses this tradition in marriage. In addition, there are also individuals in the community who do not use the tradition of managing child care in marriage. But in the end the reason that makes this tradition still exists is because every individual obeys the norms that have been abandoned by his previous parents and maintains the structure and position in the family in kinship