The role of Tamiang's local wisdom in decreasing postpartum depression: A linguistic anthropology study

Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to find the role of Tamiang's local wisdom in decreasing postpartum depression: a linguistic anthropology study.

Method

This research employed qualitative paradigm. As a qualitative research, it employed four methods of data collection, namely in-depth open-ended interview, direct participatory observation, focus group discussion which is often abbreviated as FGD and written documents. Data collected were analyzed by interactive model of Miles and Huberman. The focus of analysis is on performance, indexicality and participation as components of linguistic anthropology.

Results

Tamiang's local wisdom in decreasing postpartum depression indexed in the process of Lepas dapur as a tradition to celebrate giving birth are thanksgiving, social loyalty and mutual cooperation. The role of Tamiang's local wisdom indicates that local wisdom can be used to decrease postpartum depression. One of five factors associated with postpartum depression is social risk factors. Its means that role of local wisdom is important to prevent the social risk factor and utilized to support being a mother without psychology's problems.

Conclusion

The role of Tamiang's local wisdom are used to decrease postpartum depression on social risk factors which are indexed in Tamiang Birth Tradition.