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CONTENTS 2
CHAPTER IINTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER IIDATA ANALYSIS
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CHAPTER IIICONCLUSION
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3CHAPTER II N T R O D U C T I O N
ociety, culture, ethnics, and language, perhaps we would not be separated from
those aspects. In addition, we can’t ever refuse and reject those life aspects. That's
why we live in this world are not alone. We live in a community environment. Of
course we found a lot of phenomena that associate with things like the above.
SWe live in a community, that means we live in a life society. We live in a society, that
means we live together with other people. We live with other people, that means we use a
language when we talk to them. When we talk to them, so we create a speech community,
and it will make many variations in that language.
I think not all of people came from the same area. In a life society, there are many
ethnics, many groups, and many rates that we had found. That’s why we have to learn
about Sociolinguistics, a study about language and society.
Especially for this case, I take a title about Differences of Ethnic, Culture and Languages
at Pasar Minggu, KFC, and Mega Mall in Bengkulu. I live in Bengkulu for 19 years, since I
was born in 1993. I know quite a lot about the cultures of Bengkulu. Additionally, Bengkulu
has many original ethnics, and many historical things, so in this paper I will try to analyze
about words and culture, also ethnographies in Bengkulu based on one of discussion in
Sociolinguistics book at chapter 9 and 10.
I choose that place (Pasar Minggu, KFC, and Mega Mall) because they are totally
different places! And it’s so interesting and exciting to be a research. They have many
differences each other. Different in atmospheres, different in materials, different locations,
different people are visiting, different cultures, different ethnics, different languages are
used, and different in many aspects.
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4At first, I just wanted to research Pasar Minggu and Mega Mall only. However, shortly
after that, I felt hungry, and decided to buy food at the KFC store. Finally, at the time of
eating there, I thought to add my research on the fast-food restaurant. I think, this is very
exciting and enjoyable.
In this paper, will be discussed a little bit about words, culture, and ethnographies in
Bengkulu. I know this paper is not perfect. Therefore, I ask critics and suggestions from
readers for this, my mini research. Happy reading.
Bengkulu, June 19th of 2012
The Author
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5CHAPTER IID A T A A N A L Y S I S
ased on the written material about Words and Culture on page 221, I take a quote
from Goodenough’s (1957, p. 167):B‘a society’s culture consists of whatever it is one has to know or believe in order to operate in
a manner acceptable to its members, and to do so in any role that they accept for any one of
themselves.’
That knowledge is socially acquired: the necessary behaviors are learned and do not
come from any kind of genetic endowment. Culture, therefore, is the ‘know-how’ that a
person must possess to get through the task of daily living; only for a few does it require a
knowledge of some, or much, music, literature, and the arts.
Bengkulu also has it, especially old culture in downtown of Bengkulu City; Suprapto
Street and Pasar Minggu. They are the busiest area in Bengkulu City, because it’s a shopping
centre. Many people from different ethnics are there. It will create an area with many
cultures and many languages.
One day, at June 19th of 2012, I did a research in Pasar Minggu. It is an old traditional
market in Bengkulu. Pasar Minggu was built in 1980’s as a small market. It was the second
market in Bengkulu, after Pasar Bengkulu is
located in the coast of Tapak Paderi beach.
Pasar Minggu is located in the east of Suprapto
street. Pasar Minggu is opened from dawn to
dusk. It works and produce every day, although its
name is Pasar Minggu. So, not only on Sunday.
Pasar Minggu always crowded every day. It’s
interesting. Many people gather there. They came
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6from many ethnics, many rates, many culture, and even they also used some different
languages there.
I began from the main gate of Pasar Minggu,
and then trace the path, enter into the sale of
vegetables and fruits. There were so many
marketer. They talked each other use their
vernacular, dialect and their regional languages.
Some of them maybe came from some hamlets
of North Bengkulu, South Bengkulu, Lebong,
and even from outside of Bengkulu, North
Sumatera. I saw it from their conversations, their interactions, and their ways to offer goods.
Sometimes I used their face’s shape for know where they came from.
There are also have many ethnics and rates, such as Bengkulunese, Rejang, Serawai,
Curup, Lebong, Kaur, Manna, and from outside of Bengkulu such as Bataknese, Chinese,
Javanese. However, it’s dominated by ethnics from Bengkulu.
How about the culture? I can only explain a little
descriptions about cultures are there. Ya, as well as
you know, the ‘market’s people’ have poorly and
minus attitude. I don’t give a bad judgment to them,
but I found that they’re impolite and not rude. In
addition, they were also less clean and didn’t pay
attention to cleanliness of their environment. They
were more often verbally abusive. Perhaps it
was a picture of their low education, and
their hard lives, so they were not taught to
behave like an educated person. But they also
have a positive value. They have high
solidarity between the members of their
ethnicity. That's what I learned from my
research at the Pasar Minggu.
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7Move to another place. I brought my feet
walk into Mega Mall, one of the biggest Mall
in Bengkulu. Mega Mall is located in beside of
Pasar Minggu, only a few meters. And it’s so
different. The atmosphere is totally different
with Pasar Minggu. If Pasar Minggu has a foul
smell and stinging, and the floor is the
disgusting muddy ground, then the Mega Mall
has a fragrant scent, clean floor, because
every time cleaned by the cleaning service.
Mega Mall is always visited by many people, especially in holiday time. People from
many areas, villages, and regencies of Bengkulu Province, come to Mega Mall, and it makes
crowded. But the people who come to the Mega Mall is very different from people who
come to the Pasar Minggu. Of course! Although they are of the same tribe and ethnic, but
their clothes and appearances are totally different when visiting both markets.
Mega Mall is a modern market, while the
Pasar Minggu is a traditional market. Of course
people are going to wear nice clothes, luxury,
fashionable, and stylish when visiting the Mega
Mall, and they will wear the simple clothes
when they just go to the Pasar Minggu. It has
become a habit and culture of the
Bengkulu society. They could put
themselves where they are.
In addition, people who visit Mega
Mall every day will also be different from
people who visit the Pasar Minggu. Most
of people who comes to the Mega Mall is
the rich, having much money, and most
of them are immigrants, for example
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8Chinese, Padangnese, Bataknese, Javanese, and so on. While at the Pasar Minggu, most
people want to buy a lot of daily goods with cheap prices and of course the price can be
negotiable until death! Additionally, there was mostly dominated by indigenous Bengkulu.
That's the difference!
And what about the language they use? On the Pasar Minggu, we are not surprised to
hear people screaming, saying rude, impolite and disrespectful, because it has become their
habit. But at the Mega Mall, people will laugh when they see a man is screaming, crying, and
not polite. Finally, they’ll be accused of the madman! At least the level of politeness in Mega
Mall is better than a Pasar Minggu.
The other case is KFC Store, Suprapto
Bengkulu. This America's fast food
restaurant almost every day visited by
uniformed student, colleger and office
workers. Almost 90% there! Why? It may
be because the price is not too expensive
and its location in the middle of town. It's a
great location! In addition, the situation
and condition are safe and clean.
In KFC, there are almost all kinds of
people, start from the children to the adult,
ethnic A to Z and language A to Z. But of
course, they wear clothes which are clean,
polite, decent, not like in the Pasar Minggu. That's because they are the educated people.
Their language is local language, Bengkulu language and Indonesian language.
Sometimes foreign tourists are also coming from out of Indonesia to eat there. Yes of course
they use their national language, English. That's why at KFC has more ethnics and cultures.
Perhaps, since they adopt the culture of origin, America.
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9CHAPTER IIIC O N C L U S I O N
rom the discussions, we can take a conclusion about Differences of Ethnic, Culture
and Languages at Pasar Minggu, KFC, and Mega Mall in Bengkulu. Based on the
written material about Ethnomethodology on page 252, we know that
Ethnomethodology is that branch of sociology which is concerned, among other things, with
talk viewed in this way. Ethnomethodologists are interested in the processes and techniques
that people use to interpret the world around them and to interact with that world. So,
from this explanation, I will try to conclude it into a comparison table :
F
Nu
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e Differences
of :
P L A C E
Pasar Minggu Mega Mall KFC
1 Ethnic
Bengkulunese, Rejang,
Serawai, Curup, Lebong, Kaur, Manna Bataknese, Chinese, Javanese.
Bengkulunese, Chinese,
Padangnese, Bataknese, Javanese.
Western, Chinese, Bengkulunese a few from
regional ethnics, and many more.
2 Culture They have high solidarity,
have poorly and minus attitude,
impolite and not rude,
less clean and didn’t pay attention to
wear nice clothes, luxury, fashionable, and stylish.
Most of people who comes to the Mega Mall is the rich, having much
uniformed student,
colleger and office workers.
The condition is safe and clean.
They are the
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10cleanliness of their environment,
often verbally abusive,
low education, hard living.
money. High Politeness, not rude,
not brutal, andregularly.
educated people.
They wear clothes which are clean, polite, and decent.
3 Language
use vernacular, dialect,
regional languages where they came from, or in our languages, it’s called ‘bahasa dusun’.
use Indonesia Language,
Bengkulu Language, and
sometimes, there is a few people use their regional language.
use local language,
Bengkulu language and
Indonesian language.
Sometimes foreign tourists use their national language, English.
That's all my mini research about differences of ethnic, culture, and languages at Pasar
Minggu, KFC, and Mega Mall in Bengkulu. I hope this paper is useful for the readers,
especially for Bengkulu society, in order to find out how many ethnicities and cultures that
exist in Bengkulu. I realize there are many errors and deficiencies contained in this paper.
For that, apologize me. Give comments and suggestions to complete the deficiencies.
Thank You.
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