Phenomenology Study: Pregnancy Women Myth in Malay Community Dumai City, Indonesia

Hetty Ismainar (), Hertanto W. Subagio (), Bagoes Widjanarko () and Cahyono Hadi ()
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Hetty Ismainar: Doctoral Program, Public Health Faculty, Diponegoro University
Hertanto W. Subagio: Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
Bagoes Widjanarko: Doctoral Program, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia
Cahyono Hadi: Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2020, vol. 7, issue 1, 283-288

Abstract: This study aims to analyze the pregnant women myths in the Malay community of Dumai City, Indonesia. The qualitative research: Phenomenology Study. The total informants were 11 participants (Pregnant women, shaman, midwife, and Primary Health Care Heads). Data collection through in-depth interviews and non-participant observation. Data analysis uses content analysis. The results showed that three things were during pregnancy, namely: cultural tradition in pregnant, food consumption, and activities. That even for pregnant women in "Lenggang Perut" (seven months pregnant ceremony). Use porcupines, scissors, and needles in the body to avoid the devil. Cannot consume sugar water from "Tebu" (a kind of sweet plant), pineapple, and "Tape" (food from cassava fermentation) because it will cause bleeding or abortion. Prohibited activities, bathing at night, sitting in front of the door, for early gestation may not leave their homes and still visit shamans. Until now, this myth is still practiced by pregnant women in the Malay community, although there is no empirical research that proves the real impact of the myth.

Keywords: Keyword: Cultural rituals; Daily activities; Food consumption; Myth; Shamans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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