KEARIFAN LOKAL DI BALIK MITOS LEMBU PUTIH DI DESA TARO, GIANYAR

  • I.B.G. Pujaastawa

Abstract

Abstract
The study tried to reveal the local wisdom which resided behind the myth of white ox at
Taro village, Gianyar. According to conception of social confidence at Taro village, existence
the white ox in the village represent the holy animal owned by deity who protecting their
life. On that account, the society always treat it very respectively and prohibiting to exploit
it for secular purposes. The phenomenon tried to comprehended by using cultural materialism
approach to expose the rationality which hidden behind the myth of the white ox. Currently,
according to view of cultural materialism, stated that behind the traditional society
confidence system often there are rational logics as form of adaptation response to economic
conditions and ecology faced. This study found that behind myth about the white ox in Taro
village consisted economic benefit and ecology in the form of, (1) distribution of agriculture
area and fee for the who herds, (2) as mechanism of pest control and (3) as mechanism of
genetic purification of the white ox as endemic animal.

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Author Biography

I.B.G. Pujaastawa
Pusat Penelitian Kebudayaaan dan Kepariwisataan Universitas Udayana
Published
2013-08-01
How to Cite
PUJAASTAWA, I.B.G.. KEARIFAN LOKAL DI BALIK MITOS LEMBU PUTIH DI DESA TARO, GIANYAR. Bumi Lestari, [S.l.], v. 13, n. 2, aug. 2013. ISSN 2527-6158. Available at: <https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/blje/article/view/6659>. Date accessed: 13 nov. 2024.
Section
Original Research Articles

Keywords

Key words : local wisdom, white ox, myth, ecology