Cross Culture Understanding

TABEA CULTURE FROM MUNANESE

BY GROUP

1. JUMIATI (A1M219044 )
2. MELINDA (A1M219048 )
3. ALMUGHNII PUTRI NATASYA (A1M219024)
4. AYU ASHARI (A1M219004 )
5. TUTI AGUSTIA (A1M219118 )

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
HALU OLEO UNIVERSITY
KENDARI
2020
 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

Culture is a way of life that develops and is shared by a group of people and is passed
down from generation to generation. Culture is formed from many complex elements,
including religious and political systems, customs, language, tools, clothing, buildings, and
works of art. Culture is also an inseparable part of people's lives so that many people
consider it to be genetically inherited. When a person tries to communicate with people of
different cultures and adjusts their differences, proves that culture is learned.

the understanding of identity is also an important aspect in intercultural communication

learning and practice. In intercultural communication, each individual should understand
each culture around him so that he can adapt to different cultures. An identity or cultural
characteristics can form an understanding of correct communication and according to social
background. One of the differences in cultural identity is the difference in the use of
language, which is usually used in verbal and nonverbal communication.

Nonverbal communication is a communication process where messages are conveyed not in

words, for example by gestures or in writing. Southeast Sulawesi, especially Muna Island,
has a tribe called the Munanese. The Munanese has cultural diversity ranging from how to
live, how to dress and also how to communicate. One of them is the culture of excuse or
known as tabea in the regional language of muna which means excuse me and is done by
bending the body when passing by people. This culture is a culture left by ancestors who
passed on polite attitudes not only through speech but also by movement .
1.1 Problem Formulation

1. How does tabea culture affect our personal identity and social identity ?

1.2 Purpose

1. To get to know how tabea culture affects our personal and social identities
 CHAPTER 2
DISCUSSION

2.1 Tabea culture affects our personal identity and social identity

Tabea is one of the culture of the Munanese which is known by the meaning of
asking permission or excuse when going through people who are sitting, especially
people who are older. By Bows down and stretches out owr arms in front of our knees.
Munanese also usually do this while saying "tabea amangka deki" which means ‘excuse
me for passing through you’. This is also intended as an apology to other people who
might be disturbed by the activities we do. Those who understand of the noble values in
the Tabean culture will usually give us access to the road and say "umbe, taangkamo"
which means ‘just pass away, please’.

This culture can also affect our identity, both our personal identity and our social identity.
The effects that are generated are:

 Personan identity
Referring to the original definition of the tabea culture, a.k.a excuse me, the tabea
culture can affect a person's personal identity because this culture can make the
perpetrators to be polite in doing something and respect others. This also becomes our
provision for behaving in other areas so that we still uphold the manners that we hold
closely from our culture.

 Social identity
In practicing the excuse culture, there are several things that affect the social
identity of the perpetrator where when someone makes a movement that suggests tabea,
people who see it assume that the person still has good morals, knows how to behave in
the presence of parents and has ethics. This tabea attitude can also create a sense of
intimacy even though basically cultural actors do not know each other so that this culture
greatly influences one's social identity.
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CLOSING

3.1 Conclusion

Tabea is a behavior or excuse culture that has become a habit of the Munanese
when asking permission to do something that disturbs the activities of other people,
especially older people. This culture is also a legacy that the Munanese always hold
firmly as a symbol of one's politeness. know more deeply about how polite behavior is
without saying words but through actions or gestures so that it can be applied to our lives.

3.2 Suggestions

In behaving, we must continue to apply the values that are the principles of our
culture and still preserve our own culture, but still respect what other people believe in.
With this we are required to be able to position ourselves properly without degrading the
position of others, simply " where the earth is trodden, there the sky is upheld ”