Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature
Vol 6, No 1: July 2006, Nationally Accredited

(EASTERN) SUMBA AND ITS GENRES OF ORAL TRADITION

Retang Wohangara (B. Retang Wohangara, S.S., M.Hum. is a lecturer of the Faculty of Letters, Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang.)

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20 Feb 2015

Abstract

This paper provides some information on the island of Sumba and its people. As a cultural community not possessing a writing system, the Sumbanese people preserve and transmit their tradition-based creations such as language, literature, music, games, mythology, and rituals, for generations through oral communications. The peoples oral traditions, taking forms in some genres, have become inseparable parts of their lives. Though the vocabularies in daily usage are the same with the ones used in special occasions, for instance, in rituals, the metaphorical construction of language of the latter demands special attention.

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Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature
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celt

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Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata

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Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal, published biannually in the months of July and December with p-ISSN (printed): 1412-3320 & e-ISSN (electronic/online): 2502-4914 It presents articles around the area of culture, English ...