CHARACTER EDUCATION THROUGH MATERUNA NYOMAN CEREMONY IN TENGANAN PEGRINGSINGAN VILLAGE, KARANGASEM-BALI

This research aims to study the phenomenon of character education through the Materuna Nyoman Ceremony in Tenganan Pegringsingan Village, Karangasem Regency, Bali Province. This research was conducted using a qualitative approach and found results, such as (1) the Materuna Nyoman ceremony is a ceremony that must be followed by every youth in Tenganan Pegringsingan Village as a requirement of being recognized as an adult; (2) through the Materuna Nyoman Ceremony, religious characters, patience, care for the environment, social care, responsibility, independence, and self-sacrifice can be formed; and (3) the participation of teruna in the Materuna Nyoman Ceremony has implications for increasing the teruna’s knowledge of ethics, responsibility, social care, environmental care, and so on. The development of positive knowledge evidently also has implications for the formation of good attitudes, and ultimately leads to the development of good behavior for teruna who have participated in the Materuna Nyoman Ceremony