Review Paper
Year: 2023 | Month: March | Volume: 10 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 382-391
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20230345
Umpasa as Character Building in Simalungun Community
Asriaty R Purba1, Herlina2
1,2Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of North Sumatra
Corresponding Author: Asriaty R Purba
ABSTRACT
This paper is entitled " Umpasa as Character Building in the Simalungun Community". Umpasa as a cultural tradition and oral tradition owned by the community serves as a medium for conveying hope, and advice on moral teachings that can be guided by the Simalungun community, Simalungun Umpasa is often played in traditional ceremonial activities such as at wedding ceremonies, funeral and others. etc. This study aims to describe the character values contained inSimalungun Umpasa. The theory used in this paper refers to Suyanto (2011) about the values of character building by using qualitative descriptive analysis methods. The results showed thatSimalungun Umpasa found values that can be used as character building, namely: religious values, honesty, tolerance, discipline, hard work, creative, independent, curiosity, love for the homeland, love of peace, love to read, care environment, gender management, love of culture, perseverance and frugality.
Keywords: Umpasa, Character Building, Simalungun Community.
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