HABITUS KEPATUHAN LARANGAN PERNIKAHAN JILU (SIJI TELU) PADA MASYARAKAT NGANJUK

AbstractJilu marriage is a marriage involving the first child (siji) with the third child (ketelu)which is believed that when it is happend, the couple will live a hard life because they facesuccessive calamities and problems. This research was conducted based on a myth that exists in Nganjuk Regency about the prohibition of Jilu's marriage. The Nganjuk people, whoare still thick with Javanese culture, have made the ban on Jilu's marriage believed to dateeven though it has entered the modern era. The strong belief about Jilu's ban has made thepublic view that Jilu's partner seems to justify the impact that will happen to the couple.This study discusses the compliance habitus of Jilu's marriage ban in the Nganjuk community. This research uses qualitative research methods with the theory analysis Habitus ofPierre Bourdieu. The focus of this research is to see the Jilu partner in gaining social statuseven though the agents of domination are considered disobedient. The data obtained wascarried out by means of observation, interviews and documentation. The results showedthat the Jilu pair still had boundary lines in the social space (field) to obtain high social status, the Jilu pair had to have sufficient capital to compete in that area.Keywords: Myth, Marriage, Habitu