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MAPAG TOYA: A SYMBOLIC INTERACTION ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL RITUAL IN SUBAK a) Faculty of Visual Arts and Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesa No.10, Lb. Siliwangi, Kecamatan Coblong, Kota Bandung Jawa Barat 40132, Indonesia Abstract Mapag Toya is a gathering of water from its source. Mapag Toya is an early ritual performed in Subak before the rice planting season begins as an expression of gratitude to the manifestation of God through Lord Vishnu and Goddess Ganga for providing an abundance of water for crop fertility. In the Mapag Toya ritual, the implementation of Tri Hita Karana (Parhyangan aspect), which is the relationship between humans and God, is realised through the symbolic interaction of humans with nature, social, cultural, and economic. Interaction between humans and the ecological environment as a process that affects each other. Humans^ understanding of the world and themselves is influenced by their society. Human actions have meaning for themselves, which is dynamically interpreted from time to time in response to changing circumstances as a form of adaptation. In this narrative qualitative study, the perspective of symbolic interaction will be used. The symbolic interaction process examines the Mapag Toya ritual as it relates to the role of meaning in human life, particularly the use of symbols in interacting with nature, social, cultural, and economic factors. As a repetition of cultural activities, the Mapag Toya ritual strengthens the meaning of symbols as social and communication processes that form self-concept. Self-concept as a reflective awareness of the Balinese agricultural community that relies on the harmony of human, nature, and God relations (Tri Hita Karana) while upholding the Mapag Toya ritual tradition in Subak. Keywords: agricultural ritual, Mapag Toya, subak, symbolic interaction Topic: Behavioral and Cultural Studies |
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