Maintaining Vera in Rongga: Struggles over Culture, Tradition, and Language in Modern Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia

I. Wayan Arka

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Maintaining Vera in Rongga: Struggles over Culture, Tradition, and Language in Modern Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia

I. Wayan Arka^*

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Abstract

Vera is a ritual dance accompanied by singing, found only in Rongga, central Flores, Indonesia. While regarded by the Rongga people as their unique identity, Vera is losing its appeal with the younger generation. It is a threatened practice. In the current context of regional autonomy, decentralization, and revival of culture and tradition in Manggarai, this chapter discusses the transmission of Vera as a case study outlining the problems faced by minority ethnic groups like Rongga in maintaining their culture, tradition and language in modern Indonesia.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Endangered Languages of Austronesia
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191720260
ISBN (Print)	9780199544547
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199544547.003.0005
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2010

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