Language And Culture: Ujung Tradition As One Of The Methods Of Understanding Culture

Abstract

Understanding culture may through many methods. One of them is custom and tradition.
Tradition that is selected to know the culture is ujung tradition. It is Javanese heritage
that is still acted in Surakarta and its vicinity. This tradition deals with Eid Al-Fitr. The
main activities are visiting to parents, neigbors, and society with happily holiday. One of
the main focuses is what the ideas are in it. The data that were colleted by participant
observation and depth interview then analysed by using descriptive analytics have results
as follows: the ideas in ujung traditions are manners, respect, alms, friendship, and
confession of sin. Seeing that many positive ideas in ujung tradition, it is suggested to be
preserved and thaught to the children.