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Tradition marriage cacap-cacapan is an oral tradition of Malay tribal people that is still carried out in the city of Lubuklinggau as one of the cities in the province of South Sumatra, where it still adheres to the cultural traditions of the ancestors. The purpose of the study was to describe the function of cacap-cacapan in marital customs in the city of Lubuklinggau, so that cultural preservation would be maintained. The method used in this research is qualitative research with ethno-ethical approach. The conclusions of the study, that the function of oral tradition of cacap-cacapan in marital customs is based on the social activities of the people in the city of Lubuklinggau, in the present, so it will get a picture of defense preservation of cacap-cacapan from time to time. Based on the analysis in the study, cacap-cacapan has: 1) the aesthetic function analyzed has the beauty of rhyme text read by the program guide, through the structure and intonation and selection of the right words; 2) pragmatic functions based on analysis that fulfill human instincts as a source of knowledge and wisdom in revealing problems in life; 3) ethical function, namely cacap-cacapan as an oral tradition of the community as a means of education; 4) historical functions are analyzed from the role of oral tradition as forming civilization, identity, and cultural preservation.