Reading Tradition in Informative and Symbolic Theory: The Case of Robo-Robo Tradition in Nuguk Hamlet, Melawi District, West Kalimantan

Abstract

Research on the Robo-robo tradition of Nuguk hamlet has never been done by researchers. Therefore, this research is important to be conducted. This research is a type of field research with a narrative-analytic method and uses anthropo-sociological theory as a framework for analysis. The research locus is Nuguk hamlet, Melawi district, West Kalimantan. The conclusions of this article are: First, the implementation of the Robo-robo tradition in Nuguk hamlet, is quite different from the implementation in other places, both in the means, processions, and prayers that are read in the tradition. Second, historically-archeologically, the rising of the Robo-robo tradition in Nuguk hamlet was inspired by information from the texts of the Qur’an that were understood by the community. Third, in the construction of the symbolic interpretation theory, there are several meanings or receptions by the Nuguk hamlet community regarding the implementation of the Robo-robo tradition, both in the procession, the ingredients, and the prayers in it.