Myth and Pemali of Tondeks People ( Structuralisms Claude Levi Strauss analysis )

By Nirwan

A. Background

Culture is product of human minds activity and parallel with language also a product of human mind. Those parallel on language as condition of culture because those material are same that are relation, opposition and correlation. The source is human mind therefore the to study antropolgy is to find model or pattern in understanding mind and humans behaviour in societies life. Structure is pattern or model designed by antrhopologist to understand or explain about culture phenomenon or on the other word called system of relation. Every ethnics have own culture. oral tradition or oral literature is a kind of culture spread in societis that told by particular societis through one to another orally. Myth and expression of forbidden (Pemali) were kind of oral literature which existed in certain people in Indonesia and become their beliefs concept from their ancestor then must be kept. According to Hutomo, oral literature is literature which encompassing expression of citizen a certain life which was dissaminated moved from one to another orally. Oral literature divided into three parts: 1. Oral verbal story covered, ordinary story, myth, legend, and tale 2. Partly Verbal story covered, folk speech, Proverb, riddles, and poem 3. Performing act covered, drama, stage performance and arena

By this research I just focus on myth as oral verbal story and folk speech ( Pemali ) as partly verbal story, Myth and folk speech (Pemali) in this plan of research are culture phenomenon which interesting to conduct a research activity and those become research problem later on. B. Research Questions Based on short explation above, the write formulate several question such as: 1. How is the structure of myth and Pemali of tondeks people through structurals levi strauss analysis? 2. Is there any parallel between the structure of myth and Pemali of tondeks People through Structurals levi strauss analysis? 3. How is the structure of myth and Pemali related to sosial life of tondeks People? C. Objective of research This plan of research was designed: 1. To analyze the structure of myth and pemali of tondeks people through structurals analysis by claude Levi Strauss 2. to know the parallels structure of myth and pemali of tondeks people 3. to know how is the structure of myth and Pemali relate to social life of tondeks People

D. Research Method This research cunducted in Tondek, Sub-district of Aralle, mamasa regency is qualitatif research by using structuralisms Claude Levi Strauss to anlyze the structure of Myth and Pemali and the data source are informan and oral literature in focusing of myth and Pemali then the procedures of collecting data are divided into to steps such as library research and field research (observation, indepth interview, and recording) beside that the procedures of analysing data use structural analysis.

E. Conceptual framework

Oral Literature

Myth/pemali

Informan

Origin of universe

Expression of forbidden

Male

Female

forbidden forb

Structuralisms Claude Levi Strauss analysis