The View of Married Couple in Ruteng on Wagal as Traditional Wedding Ceremony in Manggarai Flores East Nusa Tenggara

Lon, Yohanes (2017) The View of Married Couple in Ruteng on Wagal as Traditional Wedding Ceremony in Manggarai Flores East Nusa Tenggara. In: Social Sciences and Humanities in the Light of The Challenges of Globalized World, 18-20 November 2017, Ruteng Flores NTT.

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Abstract

To Manggaraians, wagal is not merely a wedding ceremony where a man takes a woman as his wife, but it is most importantly a procedure that binds and unifies the tie of kinship between two families – the groom’s and the bride’s family. This study aims to explore how far the values of wagal are understood and embodied by young couple of 0-15 years of marriage. Through questionnaires asking about the view and the experience of respondents with wagal, this study argues that there is a shift in the value of wagal. The data show that majority of the respondents viewed wagal more as a procedure of bridewealth than a ceremony that legalizes the wedding of a man and a woman. This study concludes that the shift in the value of wagal suggests a shift in the value of Manggaraians as well. There is a shift of priority from the kinship to economic and materialistic values.

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