FORMULA DAN STRUKTUR MANTRA BANJAR: SUMPAH SERAPAH MAMBURU HANTU KUYANG

Abstract

This study aims to describe the structure and formula of mantra 'The Oath To Hunt Kuyang Ghosts'. Mantra is an old literary poetry that contains a unique arrangement of words and certain magical power to achieve a goal. This study analyzes the Banjar mantra to exorcize Kuyang ghosts (SSMHK). Mantra SSMHK is usually used by midwives or traditional birth attendants in Banjar a long time ago so that they wouldn't be disturbed by Kuyang ghosts when they are helping people to give birth. Kuyang is believed as a bloodsucking female ghost who uses Kuyang oil to find her prey. Kuyang oil is used as a means to make a woman's face look beautiful. This study uses a structural approach that emphasizes on textual analysis. The results of the analysis provide a brief description of the oral aspects in the form of mantra structures, repetition formulas, parallelism formulas, syntactic formulas, and formulaic expressions on Banjar mantra 'The Oath To Hunt Kuyang Ghost'.