| Abstrak/Abstract |
This article examines the function and structure of pataniti, Hitu’s worldview, and pataniti’s
position as language practice and oral tradition in the Maluku islands. The analyzed data
are from four pataniti texts. The article draws on Duranti’s (1997) linguistic anthropology
theory and Underhill’s (2011) worldview and uses ethnography as the research method. The
article shows that Hitu’s worldview on power, charisma, and spiritual belief is marked by
the established names of figures constructed by the sociohistorical process in Islamic and
Hitu culture. This article also finds that pataniti as a local language and cultural practice
was shaped by the exchange and development process of inclusive values from various
cultures outside the Maluku islands. Furthermore, pataniti, as the oral tradition and cultural
practice, can propose itself as an alternative in language and cultural discourse in the
Maluku islands. |
