SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF A RURAL COMMUNITY IN ALLEVIATING POVERTY: A Case Study in Sanggang Village, Sukoharjo, Central Java

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In rural indigenous community there are various social behaviors that can be socially useful for alleviating poverty. Some of them are social behaviors of kondangan, sambatan to raise house, and kerja bakti to build road. Kondangan is a social behavior done by the community to attend a wedding party or circumcision party. It has some purposes; to celebrete the day of wedding or the day of circumsicion, to strengten the brotherhood alliance, to do prayer to the couple of bride and bridegroom or someone who is circumcised. It is to give gift to someone who hold wedding party or circumcision party as well. Social behavior of sambatan to raise house is a system of mutual assistance through moving labor from indeginous to help people to raise house. The mutual assistance is held by indegenous community voluntarily. This social behavior is based upon principle of reciprocity, and who does goodness, he/ she will also get goodness from other. Social behavior of kerja bakti to build the road is done by community together and voluntarily to improve or to maintain the village roads.

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