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    The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many cultural traditions by limiting social gatherings and economic conditions. Some traditions like the Sundanese "Nganteuran" tradition of providing food to neighbors could not be practiced due to financial hardship from the pandemic. However, other cultural practices like drinking herbal medicines to prevent disease have regained popularity. Efforts to preserve culture include modifying traditions to allow social distancing, using technology like streaming to share cultural performances, and innovating new ways to participate in traditions despite restrictions.

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    The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many cultural traditions by limiting social gatherings and economic conditions. Some traditions like the Sundanese "Nganteuran" tradition of providing food to neighbors could not be practiced due to financial hardship from the pandemic. However, other cultural practices like drinking herbal medicines to prevent disease have regained popularity. Efforts to preserve culture include modifying traditions to allow social distancing, using technology like streaming to share cultural performances, and innovating new ways to participate in traditions despite restrictions.

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    The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many cultural traditions by limiting social gatherings and economic conditions. Some traditions like the Sundanese "Nganteuran" tradition of providing food to neighbors could not be practiced due to financial hardship from the pandemic. However, other cultural practices like drinking herbal medicines to prevent disease have regained popularity. Efforts to preserve culture include modifying traditions to allow social distancing, using technology like streaming to share cultural performances, and innovating new ways to participate in traditions despite restrictions.

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    Preserving The Culture Amid COVID-19 Global Pandemic

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    The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many cultural traditions by limiting social gatherings and economic conditions. Some traditions like the Sundanese "Nganteuran" tradition of providing food to neighbors could not be practiced due to financial hardship from the pandemic. However, other cultural practices like drinking herbal medicines to prevent disease have regained popularity. Efforts to preserve culture include modifying traditions to allow social distancing, using technology like streaming to share cultural performances, and innovating new ways to participate in traditions despite restrictions.

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    Preserving the Culture amid COVID-19 Global Pandemic

    The emergence of COVID-19 in December 2019 had many impacts on


    people's lives. This affects human life in various sectors, from health, economy,
    education, to tourism and culture. In the economic sector, for example, the
    presence of COVID-19, which caused the world's conditions to be in a global
    pandemic, limited economic activity in society. Many entrepreneurs eventually go
    bankrupt due to not being able to adapt to existing conditions. Or from the
    education sector, for example, the presence of COVID-19 has disrupted teaching
    and learning activities, causing students to study online.
    The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 also has an impact on the
    cultural sector. In this case, many cultural traditions cannot be implemented due to
    limitations during this pandemic. This will certainly have an impact on the
    development of cultural traditions in the future. Existing cultural traditions can be
    forgotten or even lost from civilization.
    One of the cultural traditions that have been lost due to the COVID-19
    pandemic is the “Nganteuran” tradition that is commonly practiced by people in
    the Tangerang area. This cultural tradition is usually carried out in the month of
    Ramadan. This tradition is a multicultural tradition, originating from Sundanese
    culture. The word "Nganteuran" comes from the Sundanese language which
    means to accompany each other. In this tradition, the surrounding community
    provides food to neighbors and relatives, which is usually done by the younger
    community to the older community. With the condition of the global COVID-19
    pandemic, the community has not adopted the “Nganteuran” tradition. This is
    because their economic condition has weakened as a result of the pandemic,
    which leaves them with no extra money to provide food for their neighbors.
    Not only the “Nganteuran” tradition, simple traditions such as shaking
    hands are also threatened with fading. This is due to the spread of COVID-19
    which can be transmitted through droplets, or small droplets of saliva. Therefore,
    to prevent the spread of this virus from occurring, the tradition of shaking hands is
    no longer practiced. However, this tradition was replaced by new forms of
    "handshaking", such as using the elbow or just waving.
    Although many cultures are in danger of being lost due to the global
    COVID-19 pandemic, on the other hand, many cultures that used to be forgotten
    are now reappearing. One of them is the culture of drinking traditional herbs or
    herbal medicine. In Javanese culture, there are traditional ingredients that are
    believed to ward off viruses, namely "empon-empon". "Empon-empon" is a
    traditional drink derived from rhizome plants, such as ginger, ginger, turmeric,
    and so on. This drink is believed to be able to ward off the virus and make the
    culture of drinking these “empon-empon” popular again amid the global pandemic
    of COVID-19.
    In addition to the culture of drinking "empon-empon", other cultures such
    as "Beas Perelek" are again being practiced by the community. "Beas Perelek" is a
    culture that comes from the Sundanese tribe. This culture teaches that humans
    must always remember the people around them. In this culture, every time they
    cook rice, they will set aside a handful of rice and put it in the "leuit". "Leuit" is a
    long segment of bamboo, and is placed in front of each house. Then, local
    community leaders will collect the rice into one, and the collected rice will be
    used when there is a food crisis in the area. The existence of the global COVID-19
    pandemic has caused the financial condition of the community to decline, and this
    can be an excuse to re-establish the “Beas Perelek” tradition that has begun to be
    abandoned.
    However, in some conditions, there are other efforts to maintain the
    existing culture. One of the efforts is to reduce some of the things that are usually
    done in these cultural traditions. For example, the tradition of "Meriam Karbit" in
    the Aceh area. This tradition is usually done on the night after Eid. In this
    tradition, people light a kind of firecracker made of bamboo blades. If the length
    of this cannon is usually along the Krueng Baro River, which is 61.7 kilometers,
    then during the pandemic, only tens of "Meriam Karbit" were ignited.
    Another effort to keep cultural traditions from being lost is by utilizing
    technology. This was done by Langen Beksan Kinasih Erawati in preserving the
    cultural traditions from Boyolali, such as "Topeng Ireng" and "Buto Gedruk".
    This studio uses streaming technology to maintain the existing culture. Through a
    streaming platform, this studio is actively uploading various videos related to
    Boyolali's culture and art. In addition, through the streaming platform, this studio
    also uploads various other videos, such as jokes, tutorials on dancing or makeup,
    to short movies. The plus value of this is not only to maintain culture from fading
    but also to expand the spread of existing cultural traditions.
    It can be concluded that the current conditions, namely the global
    pandemic COVID-19, could be a threat to cultural preservation in Indonesia.
    However, there are many positive things behind it, namely the re-emergence of
    cultural traditions that have begun to be forgotten. The community continues to
    innovate to maintain the existing culture in the midst of this pandemic. Various
    ways have been done, such as changing the procedures for implementing
    traditions without reducing the essence of the tradition. Another way is to take
    advantage of technology such as streaming technology or social media. The
    Internet and social media are things that are not limited by space and time so that
    traditions can be maintained and even knowledge of these traditions can spread to
    people in other areas or even in other parts of the world.
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