A STUDY OF JAVANESE TRADITIONAL CULTURE TOWARDS ‘BUWUH or NGAMPLOP’ as SOCIOCULTURAL STUDY

Abstract

Culture is a complex union of beliefs, etiquette, law, local custom that comes from an individual as citizen. Buwuh or Ngamplop is a traditional activity to donate someone’s money in kinds of social celebration such as wedding, visiting to hospital, circumcision, etc.  ceremony. The aim of this research was to know the history of ‘buwuh or ngamplop’ tradition; the opinion of Javanese people of ‘buwuh or ngamplop’; and their willing to maintenance this tradition.  The data were collected from interview results, then, it would be analyzed and described in form of words in details. Most of participants agreed that ‘buwuh or ngamplop’ is a valuable culture that must be preserved by Javanese people. ‘Buwuh or ngamplop’ refers to manner culture that refers to sociocultural study.