Youth Knowledge of Traditional Lexical Forms of Jejahitan Upakara Yadnya in Preserving Balinese Hindu Traditions: An Ethno-Linguistic Study of Denpasar

This research is case-study qualitative research. The case is social phenomena in the community that has its own characteristics. The phenomena referred to in this linguistic research are in regard to the attitude and behaviour of users influenced by social factors. This research aims to obtain data on; (1) youth knowledge in Denpasar city on lexical jejahitan upakara yadyna, and (2) the attitude of youths towards traditional lexical form of jejahitan upakara yadnya. The researched population are all teenagers in Denpasar city aged 14-19 years. Based on the data from the Population and Civil Registry Office of Denpasar City in 2015, the youth population in Denpasar city is 61,552. This research sampled randomly, so that as many as 398 samples were obtained. The results showed that the lexical competence knowledge of youth community in Denpasar city towards jejahitan upakara yadnya is mostly low, in the number of 169 (42.5%) or in the intervals of 45-54. Of the youth community in Denpasar, as much as 56% did not agree, if the tradition of mejejahitan was learnt in an outdated/ archaic/ tacky way. Instead, 40% of the youth agreed to learn the tradition of mejejahitan, and 39% agreed to faithfully maintain the tradition of Bali by trying to learn mejejahitan. What is needed is a collaborative, massive, and systematic movement to foster a culture of love, faithfulness, and conscious activity of mejejahitan, to support the socioeconomic and sociocultural fabric of society. This will help the government in the field of cultural traditions and languages, particularly the Balinese language