Identification of Cultural Meaning Reviewed by Ethnolinguistics Study on the Ritual Process of Bapidaraan Healing of Banjar Cultural Tradition in Sungai Saren Village, Bram Itam District, Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency

Abstract

This research is an ethnographic case study with a qualitative approach that aimed to convey the cultural meaning of the ritual process of Bapidaraan treatment in Sungai Sareb Village, Bram Itam District, Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency. Bapidaraan is a traditional healing which is still inherent in the social life of the community and is believed to be able to cure spiritual or mystical disorders. This study used three informants, consisting of one man and two women. Methods of data collection carried out technical interviews, observation and documentation. From this study, it was found 30 medias that was used in the Bapidaraan ritual that have cultural meaning and the Bapidaraan healing ritual was indeed very thick with a mystical belief process. It was also found that the inheritance of this ritual has certain conditions that must be met by the user.