Acculturation

Aspects that influenced by the acculturation

1. Belief System

Most of all Sundanese people are Moslem. Only some little irreligious Islam, that ones Baduy that Banten but also there have a religion Catholic, Christian, Hindu, Buddha. Syncretism practices and mystical still toed do. Basically entire Sundanese person life’s is attributed to keep universe balance. Magical balance is defended with custom ceremonies, while social balance is defended with activity reciprocates (gotong royong). piquancy in Sundanese belief, the character black monkey quatrain Kasarung, one of [their culture figure, believe single Allah existence (Guriang Tunggal) that incarnate a part little self into world to takes care human life (this Allah reincarnation is called gods). This may be able to be bridge to communicate good news to them.

2. Livelihood

Sundanese tribe usually alive as farmer majority doesn't like to separate with ones family. Sundanese person need especially matter increases alive standard. Following data from Bappenas (December scrap-book 1993) at west java found 75% poor village. In general poverty at west java is caused by human resource. That wanted human resource development shaped [in the form of] education, construction, etc.

1. Arts

There are some art that combine by another culture like Bangreng. It was combined from Sundanesse art and modern art. Bangreng some from 2 words those are Terbang and Ronggeng. Another example is PongDut, PongDut Is Jaipong-Dangdut that combine Sundanesse’s art and modern art. It was dance field.

5. Language

Language that used by this tribe is Basa Sunda. Basa Sunda is created and used as a device of communication in Sundanese tribe and as a means of developers with itself sundanese culture supporter. Besides Sundanese is part from culture that give special character as sundanese tribe identity that be one of tribe from several tribes exist in indonesia.

Today, Sundanesse always combine Basa Sunda and Bahasa Indonesia or other language. That phenomenon classified as the interlanguage or artificial language.

6. Knowledge and Technology

Nowadays, Sundanesse people had a good knowledge. Sundanesse people have a philosophy cageur, baguer, beneur, pinter and singer.

III.2 Immigrant as a cause of acculturation

The Immigrant (also called Broke) is a 1917 short comedy film starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and befriends a young woman along the way. It also stars Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell.

The movie was written and directed by Chaplin.

According to Kevin Brownlow and David Gill's documentary series Unknown Chaplin, the first scenes to be written and filmed take place in what became the movie's second half, in which the penniless Tramp finds a coin and goes for a meal in a restaurant, not realising that the coin has fallen out of his pocket. It was not until later that Chaplin decided the reason the Tramp was penniless was that he had just arrived on a boat from Europe, and used this notion as the basis for the first half. Purviance reportedly was required to eat so many plates of beans during the many takes to complete the restaurant sequence (in character as another immigrant who falls in love with Charlie) that she became physically ill.

The scene in which Chaplin's character kicks an immigration officer was cited later as evidence of his anti-Americanism when he was forced to leave the United States in 1952. In 1998, The Immigrant was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

The immigrant who moves to Sundanesse brings new things, so it elaborated with Sundanesse culture.

by: Imam Sugihartono