Marriage and Family Formation in the Contemporary Manggaraian Culture (Flores, Indonesia)
Marriage and Family Formation in the Contemporary Manggaraian Culture (Flores, Indonesia)

Summary/Abstract: Indonesia, although it is developing rapidly, still offers many traditional circumstances that could be the subject of research. An example is Manggarai, a re¬gion in the western part of Flores Island. When founding a family, the inhabitants of Manggarai still practice the traditional way (adat).This procedure is based on the local concept that the family not only has a classical meaning as a nuclear family, called kilo, ca kilo or mbaru kilo), but also includes a much wider circle. This is why every path in the process of marriage becomes so urgent, which potentially creates a new relationship of two larger families (woe nelu). These circumstances play an im¬portant role in the social and political life of the Manggaraians, even when they live apart from their homeland.

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