Cultural Values Legends Folktale of Minangkabau People’s in West Sumatra

Abstract

This research article contains a discussion about the cultural values legends folktale of Minangkabau people’s in West Sumatra. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The legend folktale of Minangkabau people's in West Sumatra was obtained from the narrative of informants. Categorical data is formulated through a search of the motive structure and role function of the Minangkabau legend's folklore in West Sumatra that has been collected. The study of legends folktale of Minangkabau people’s in West Sumatra uses the theory of cultural values or social functions of literary texts as used by Danandjaja (1984), Djamaris (1993 and 1994), Rusyana (2000). This is in line with that done by Proop (1928, 1967, 1987), Greimas (1979, 1990), and Barthes (2003). Based on the research findings, the cultural values legends folktale of the Minangkabau people’s in West Sumatra are as follows: (1) cultural values speech of wisdom as a function of confidence thickeners and develop community integrity; (2) cultural values speech of wisdom as an educational function and social control tool; (3) cultural values speech of wisdom as a function of social solidarity combines the forces of divided togetherness; (4) cultural values speech of wisdom as a function of group identity (collective); and (5) cultural values speech of wisdom as a function of communal harmonization