Women in the Perspective of Dayak Losarang Indramayu

Abstract

This article discusses the position of women in the perspective of the Losarang Dayak Tribe in Indramayu Regency, West Java. In the doctrine of the Losarang Dayak Tribe's belief that the concept of life is “ngawula ning wong wadon” which means that every man who follows this tradition must devote himself to the women in his family. Because of this principle, every woman, especially the wife has no obligation to serve the husband, doing household chores and even the husband should not rule, moreover be angry with his wife. Although women are positioned in high positions, the doctrines of religious traditions based on traditional agrarian culture that even limit themselves from modernity make followers of this traditions ignore other social aspects such as education, psychological, health, and so on.