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INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
crucial thing which can not be ignored. This because language is one of the
Furthermore, the main reason is because every human being lives in society
They live together in a community and they need each other to fulfill their
they can act based on the norms and values that exist in that society, that their
knowledge is something that must be searching for and their behavior must be
by the culture and can be seen its manifestation in many ways that function as
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Culture grows and develops itself in accordance with the history of
toward good for all individuals and all groups. Linton, R. (1945), says culture
society.
Bajawa is one of the two ethnic groups inhabit Ngada in the central part
of Flores island East Nusa Tenggara province. Other ethnic groups are Riung.
and language.
especially Be’a village, some animal should be sacrificed for each event
which aims to feed the ancestor and all people who attended the traditional
that the traditional house is ready accordance with the provisions customary
for occupancy by ana sa’o. In this event usually staged dance ja’i laba go
(traditional dance) and followed by the slaughter of the buffalo and pigs. This
stage will be attended by all ana woe (member of the tribe), wai laki, (large
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Based on the explanation above, the writer wants to do a research about
2. What are the values found in traditional utterance told and sung in Ka Sa’o
1.3.1 Aims
village.
2. To find out the values found in traditional utterance told and sung in Ka
1.3.2 Benefits
The writer can know the culture and customs of Ngada regency,
The reader can know the culture and get a knowledge about ka saó
more detail.
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3. For the Society
With their Ka Sa’o ceremony people can remember and bequeath the
celebration event on the new traditional house. The limited is only about Ka
There are some terms in the title that should be defined to help readers
2. Semiotic
4. Ceremony
5. Be’a Village
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1.6 Organization of Writing
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CHAPTER II
means, language is not a collection of sound and words but also a system in
which it possesses a set of rules which are acceptable to all members of the
speech community.
arbitrary, vocal symbols which permits all people in a given culture or other
but cannot be seperated from each other because language is mirrors culture
Dealing with relation between language and society, Burke and Peter
(1987:219) point four basic principles that should be put under consideration.
First, different social groups use different varieties of language. Second, the
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Third, language reflects the society or culture whch it is spoken. Four,
culture, that can be seen in the way expressing the speaker’s insights and
Mindelbeum, 1956:24).
follows: (1) Language is the central part of culture, (2) Language has meaning
space.
and indeed learned, provide human beings with a meaningful framework for
of culture are as follows: (1) Observed behavioral regularities, (2) The norms,
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(3) The dominant value, (4) The philosophy, (5) The rules of games, (6)
in the following: (1) System of belief, (2) System and social organization, (3)
(7) Art.
Those seven elements of culture are universal because they are exist in
any culture of people in the world, either in the culture of modern people
living in cities or in the culture of primitive people living in rural areas. These
seven elements are so closely related to one another that change in one
element can bring about some direct or indirect changes on the other
elements.
Even though culture shares many functions, it can be identified that the
(1) Culture creates distinctions between people in the sense that culture
(2) Culture conveys a sense of identify in the sense that culture serves as the
symbol of identify.
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(4) Language use in any culture ceremonies shares a number of meaning
theories based on Saussure’s at least are the signifier (the container or the
signs perceptible) and the signified (the meaning or content: the notion
navigation).
fashion, and daily life. There are specific semiotic systems (for text, images,
multimedia) that the take into account the specifics of each systems of signs.
define the field of semiotic and the concept of the sign, and enumerate the
2.3 Semiotic
and it was first used in English by Henry Stubbes in a very precise sense to
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(1690) semiotics means every single sign or symbolis appeared by the human
linguistic, which for its part, studies the structure and meaning of language
more specifically. The semiotic tradition explore the study of sign and symbol
of them is culture semiotic. Culture semiotic deals with sign culturally down
from ancestors. Different etnics have different cultural sign. For example, the
2.4 Sign
A sign is anything that stands for something else. All life forms engage
in symbiosis (sign action, all use signs). David Sless (1986) argues that the
used to tell a lie. This need to lie may be at the very foundation of the creation
of language.
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2.5 Symbol
There are two major categories of signals people send: sign and symbol.
Symbols make up our communication system, which includes both verbal and
cannot transport an idea from our environment to our brain, from one part of
freedom.
2.6 Utterance
emphasizes that an utterence and a setence are not the same thing. Sentences
been done. In this event usually staged dance ja’i laba go and followed by
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slaughter of the buffalo and pigs. This stage will be attended by all ana woe
marriage).
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD
The data was collected and described by using the research procedure.
First, the writer did some library review by reading several important books
and the writer also collect some important sources from internet related to the
investigate the problem of this study. Field of research was conducted in Be’a
village.
data, the writer choose four informants. The informants chosen as the data
Sex : Male
Education : SMP
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Duty : The chief of Lolo tribe
Sex : Male
Education : SMA
Sex : Male
Education : SD
Sex : Male
Education : SMP
There are three techniques of data collection used in this research. They
are as follows:
1. Observation
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2. Interview
ceremony.
3. Note Taking
Note taking was made during the observation and the interview as a
4. Documentations
1. Ana ie
2. Ngadhu
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Symbol of male ancestor, made of “Hebu” wood with the roof made of
3. Bhaga
Symbol of female ancestor, made of plank with the roof made of tall.
4. Watulanu/ture/lengi
All pictures above are the important things in Ka Sa’o process, without
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5. Techniques of Data Analysis
The analysis of data started since the researcher conducted the field
research until the data collected. The data analyzed descriptively, in the
sense the analysis based on the data towsard related theories and concept if
the available data are possible. even though, the researcher herself is the
informants.
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CHAPTER IV
In this chapter the writer presents the result of research related to the scope
of the study. This section is then elaborated into two parts, namely findings and
discussion.
4.1 FINDINGS
1. Utterance
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she/he will come together in a place embrace
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‘’to feed the ancestor’’
‘’come together’’
‘’come together’’
house’’
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wae rele pedho da dara bhie bhero
‘’wall of traditional house made from plank, seven planks for each
parts’’
hi you you
we tribe deru
we tribe deru
kami da ngodho pu’u ngi’i go lobo da olo tozo da olo pera molo
we which come from teeth tip which first show which first show good
kami da baga pu’u ngi’i go tara da olo dhaga ne’e masa azi ana
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we which come from teeth which brunch which first connected with
‘’ fight the music traditional so it can create sound and every people
4.2 DISCUSSION
In this session, the writer analyzes the data based on the finding data.
The data analyzes according to the utterance, meaning, and values of Tau Peo
traditional ceremonies.
form. In the monologue tex form contains words, phrases, and sentence. They
can not separated each other. In this form the speaker makes offering and
1. Utterance
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dead pig this, this we will eat house
‘’the anchestor’’
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da ngesa bago na’a zale wewa
‘’come together’’
‘’come together’’
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here will cut buffalo
come together
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‘’blood of buffalo and pig used to soaked the stairs of traditional
house’’
‘’wall of traditional house made from plank, seven planks for each
parts’’
hi you you e
we tribe deru
we tribe deru
kami da ngodho pu’u ngi’i go lobo da olo tozo da olo pera molo
we which come from teeth tip which first show which first show good
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‘’we come because we are family with same anchestor’’
kami da baga pu’u ngi’i go tara da olo dhaga ne’e masa azi ana
we which come from teeth which brunch which first connected with
‘’fight the music traditional so it can create sound and every people
Those two dimensions of beliefs are(1) belief of god, (2) the belieft of the
ancestors .
a. Belief of God
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Belief to God shows the existence of relationship between
(1 ) Dewa zeta
God above
God is honorable
belief to God is Dewa Zeta. Dewa means ‘’God’’ and zeta means
people that the supreme God is the creator and the Almighty of all
as the great Creator. I n their perception, the ancestors will bring all
mediator gives positive effects and makes their life better. The verbal
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belief that the spirit of ebu still alive. The society believes that the
and give present. As a thank giving for the blessing which they
the ancestors.
a. Harmony
life. For Be’a society, it is very important to keep harmony in their life. As
(1)kami da ngodho pu’u ngi’i go lobo da olo tozo da olo pera molo
we which come from teeth tip which first show which first show good
(2)kami da baga pu’u ngi’i go tara da olo dhaga ne’e masa azi ana
we which come from teeth which brunch which first connected with all
brother/sister child
The verbal expression in data (3) and (4) are related to each other,
they have the same meaning that is to live as partner in daily life.
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CHAPTER V
After presenting the data and analyzing it, the writer would to following
5.1. CONCLUSION
ceremony have two meanings, they are religious meaning and social meaning.
ceremony are concered with the perception and conception of Be’a society on
the existence of the supereme God, their ancestors. (2) Social meaning of Ka
5.2. SUGGESTION
Based on the result of the research, the writer can be give some
suggestion as follows:
1. For the goverment should be give more attention, support, motivation for
2. For the English teacher, they must be to teach about Indonesian culture
and should give more motivations to the students to dig up and excavate
their culture
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3. For the reader and all of people in Indonesia, we must to proud with our
world.
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