Culture reflects the values of a nation that must be maintained, nurtured and developed in order to strengthen appreciation and experience of Pancasila, improve quality of life, strengthen the nation's personality, strengthen self-esteem and national pride, strengthen the spirit of unity and cohesion of the nation and be able to be a driving force for the realization of ideals ideal nation in the future.
Maintaining the culture of a nation is influenced by society. Culture in this case can not simply be maintained if there is no legal basis. Because of this legal basis that motivate people of a country to continue to maintain and develop it. The constitutional basis of culture that became explicit in the Act of 1945 Article 32.
One feature of the concept of culture that will always be changing, or are in the process of change either sooner or later. And to keep the culture remain stable arrangements necessary steps for mastery of ownership, discovery, search, protection, maintenance, management, utilization, and oversight bodies for Cultural Arts is one element of culture, especially in West Java which is one of the provinces in Indonesia which has a diversity of types of art that is tradition in particular.
Arts and customs are very different circumstances between regions one and with others, as well as the existence of traditional arts that are closely related to environmental conditions, Perekonomoian, livelihoods and so on tradition as an example of the whole community Village District Kertawana Kalimanggis Kuningan regency, when one of a family blessed with children. The tradition is called Ngayun and bellows that is a tradition of naming the baby and for safety after baby's umbilical cord is usually carried out until seven days after birth.
The foundation of making the writing of this theme is to see more of tradition ngayun and bellows in the Kuningan area. This is because the tradition ngayun and bellows so important for people to always be carried out, both for society that are economically disadvantaged and the community.
A. Understanding Culture
According Koentaraningrat
Interpret the concept of culture in a limited sense is a choice. The work and the work of men who otherwise meet the desire for beauty in the broadest sense that can only be triggered by humans after-Based learning something from some of the cultural definition that includes some human activity as a form of social interaction in order to meet kebutuha life and living in the environment society, by utilizing the potential of natural resources.
Culture comes from the word Sangsekerta "buddhayah" which is the plural of the word "budahayah" means mind or intellect. The term "Culture" of a foreign language is synonymous with culture, derived from the word l; Atin, colere "meaning give in the ground or From the origin of the word farming copere "then" kulpure "in aspikan as all resources and activities to give in and alter human nature.
B. Elements of Culture.
Culture of every nation / society consists of elements which represents large and small parts of a need that is as a unity.
Some anthropologists have tried to pour the basic elements of culture. Melville J. Herskovits (in Soekanto, 1982: 168) presents the four basic elements of culture are:
a. Tools - tool Technology
b. Economic Systems
c. Family
d. Power Politics
Browmslow Malinawsk (1982: 168) mentions the essential elements of culture are as follows:
1. System of norms that allow cooperation among the members of the community to master the natural surroundings
2. Economic organization
3. The tools and institutions - the institution or officer - the officer to approach
4. Organizational strength
C. Mores
Adat is the ideal form of culture. Complete a form that we could call traditional tapa behavior, because customary berpungsi as a regulator of behavior an example of the customary ceremonies swing on Indigenous newborns can be divided more specifically into 4 levels
1. The level of cultural values
The most abstract layer covering the environment
2. Norms
More concrete is a system of norms that are the cultural values that have been linked to the roles of men in society.
3. Law
More konkit again is the system of law (both customary law and written law)
4. Special rules
Are special rules governing the activities of a very clear and limited scope in public life