SANDUK-SANDUK PAPALAKU IN DAILY LIFE OF AKUR SUNDA WIWITAN COMMUNITY

Abstract

This article concerns the ideational metafunction in sanduk-sanduk papalaku of AKUR Sunda Wiwitan’ daily life. A qualitative research design was used in this study. Texts from sanduk-sanduk papalaku's daily served as the data. The data was gathered through participant observation and interviews. The gathered data was analyzed by the transitivity system includes process, participant and circumstances (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2014). The result shows that there are five types of processes, nine types of participants and seven types of circumstances. The dominant process is verbal (31%), the dominant participants are carrier and attribute (17%), and the dominant circumstance is place (29%). The ideational metafunction in sanduk-sanduk papalaku of AKUR Sunda Wiwitan daily life portrays verbal expressions of gratitude, request, and submission to God. It also shows the thanking expression to the natural elements and the description of the AKUR Sunda Wiwitan community life goal.