ABSTRACT

This thesis examines about Indigenous Philosophical Meaning Ngebei Ngelakei Lampung
Pepadun (Study in Bakung Udik Village, Meneng Building District, Tulang Bawang
Regency).This research is motivated by Ngebei Ngelakei which is a tradition where the man will
run away the girl who is brought to the man's family. In this case it can happen after there is an
agreement between the bachelor and the girl, but the girl's family doesn't know about it. When the
girl's family does not know, it is usually done when the girl is out of the house. If the running plan
has already been agreed upon by the bachelor and the girl, usually the girl has written a letter as a
notification and legacy money (Penepik money) to the family and will be left in her room before
she/the girl leaves.Ngebei Ngelakei often confused with the term "elope". So that the traditional
image of Lampung is not good in the eyes of people outside the Lampung tribe who clearly do not
understand the real meaning of the meaning of adat Ngebei Ngelakei. Ngebei Ngelakei in Lampung
custom which regulates the marriage of girls and bachelors to the house of their uncle or aunt to
seek approval from the girl's parents, through customary deliberations between the adat head and
the parents of the single and the girl, so that an agreement and agreement is reached between the
two parents. This is a tradition in the indigenous people of Lampung, a culture that has been rooted
since the days of their ancestors Pepadun and Saibatin. Ngebei Ngelakei thesis this will also lead
to marriage as usual if both families agree. The man also continues to give a dowry or gift to the
woman.
The research used in this research is field research (field research) namely research is directly
on the object, especially in an effort to collect data and various information. This research belongs
to the qualitative descriptive method in the field of philosophy, namely the method of researching
an object, whether in the form of human cultural values, systems of philosophical thought, ethical
values, the value of works of art by a group of people, events or other cultural objects.
The findings from the results of this study indicate that: 1) implementation of Tradition Ngebei
Ngelakei in the Lampung Pepadun custom in Bakung Udik Village, Meneng Building District,
namely where the boy will run away from the girl who is brought to the boy's family. In this case,
there may have been an agreement between the bachelor and the girl, but the girl's family does not
know about it. If the girl's family doesn't know, it is usually done when the girl is out of the house.
If the escape plan has been agreed upon in advance by the boy and girl, usually the girl has written
a letter as notification and leftover money (tengepik/sigeh money) to the family and will leave it in
her room when she leaves. As for the processions in completion that must be passed in custom
Ngebei Ngelakei Lampung Pepadun: a. Arms Resignation / Not Wrong, b. Bebalah or Basana, c.
Don't do it Dau, d. Manjau Mengiyan or Cakak Mengiyan, It is. Sujut or Sungkem, f. Complaint of
feeling and Cuak Mengan, g. Sixth. 2) The Meaning of Philosophy Ngebei Ngelakei This is clear,
there is no compulsion, indeed on the basis that the girl is single and willing, secondly, there is
deliberation before the marriage is carried out, thirdly, what is even more clear is that there are
guardians and witnesses who attended the girl's bachelor wedding. Because it often occurs as a
result of not being approved by the parents then it happens Ngebei Ngelakei. Ngebei Ngelakei That
is ethically apart from Islamic law, state law and customary law there is not right, but the will of
the bachelor and the girl whether they were forced or not forced there is a problem that can only
be left for us to conclude which direction is good.

Keyword : The tradition of Ngebei Ngelakei, a philosophical perspective