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

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). | Phenomenology Study Pregnancy Women Myth in Malay Community Dumai City Indonesia Vol. 7 2020 A new decade for social changes ISSN 2668-7798 9 772668 779000 Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 7 283-288 May 2020 ISSN 2668-7798 Phenomenology Study Pregnancy Women Myth in Malay Community Dumai City Indonesia Hetty Ismainar1 Hertanto W. Subagio2 Bagoes Widjanarko3 Cahyono Hadi4 1 3 Doctoral Program Faculty of Public Health Diponegoro University Semarang Indonesia 2 4 Faculty of Medicine Diponegoro University Semarang Indonesia ismainarhetty@ 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. Cultural rituals Daily activities Food consumption Myth Shamans 1. Introduction The development of myths in society is to regulate social relations between one community and another. General prohibitions and myths. When seen in depth has the social value of the city to respect