PETIS AND MADURESE CULTURAL IDENTITY
Nikmah Suryandari
Trunojoyo University
Abstract
Food is closely related to the principle of social identity, our daily activities with another person has sacred or worldly. In addition, culinary culture also has a certain meaning for the audience. Every food which in is used of part a cultural ritual that always has a symbolic side, meaning and morals that represent its cultural identity. Petis is an inseparable food from Maduras various culinary recipes. Petis symbolizes the proof and symbol of the hard work of the coastal communities of Madura. Petis can be interpreted as a hope of the community and shows the existence of a Madurese ethnic identity that distinguishes it from other communities. This paper is part of research on the cultural identity of migrants in Madura. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between people with food, which can reveal a lot of information about them. The choice of food is able to expose a group or a persons belief, passion, background knowledge, assumptions and personality. food choices and eating habits understood to be related to the phenomenon of socialization and social bonding, the construction of collective identity under which to show the logic of social distinction and organization of life in society.
Keywords: petis, madura, cultural identity, food and identity
Topic: Social and Economic Issues