Object of the Study

The tribal tradition and female circumcision tradition come from Africa, especially in Olinka village. “we‟d somehow- through jungle, grassland, across rivers and whole countries of animals - arrived in the village of the Olinka that he‟d spoken so much about” Walker, 2011: 4. This statement is from Adam‟s point of view, the son of the missionaries, who thinks about what they have been through to reach the village. The indirect presentation shows the readers that the newcomers need to walk for miles to reach Olinka. It is also supported by the statement that “we had been weeks on the march that brought us to Tashi‟s village” Walker, 2011: 4. The Olinka village is far and indigene from the description of the nature to reach the village. From the distance itself, people can tell that Olinka tribe is such an isolated tribe in which the tribal people preserve tradition from the outside r‟s influences. In Olinka, people keep the tradition well in order to maintain their originality as part of their tribe. There are several traditions been mentioned in the novel, firstly, the tradition of face scar marking towards the women and men in Olinka. Every woman and man in the village should have “the Olinka tribal markings” in their cheek Walker, 2011: 65. Tashi also has this tribal marking. The reason behind the scar marking is to show their pride and to honor their leader because “Our leader had these same markings, and was obviously proud of them” Walker, 2011: 65. This scar marking is usually being held when someone is going to marry. It is a day before the wedding day as it is seen in the statement, “the evening before the wedding, Adam had these same Olinka tribal markings carved into his own cheeks ”Walker, 2011: 39. Another tradition is related to taboo. Olinka people really believe in taboo. Taboo is a prohibition to do something against belief in the society which is thought to be sacred. Taboo has its consequences. It means a taboo is such an indirect rule to regulate the tribal people‟s life. They do not do a taboo so that there is nothing bad happens as the consequences of doing it. Then, it is useful to relate to the interaction in society. The existence of a taboo is influenced by the quantity of people who supporting or not supporting the taboo. When many people believe a taboo, the existence of it grows stronger. People can think over it to consider the weakness and the strength. Hence, a taboo can exist and disappear through time. There are some taboos in the village, the greatest taboo i s “making love in the fields” Walker, 2011: 16. It is believed that “love making in the fields jeopardized the crops ” Walker, 2011: 16. Moreover, “it was declared that it there was any fornication whatsoever in the fields the crops definitely would not grow ” Walker, 2011: 16.Fornication is seen as something wicked. Thus, it pollutes the land so that the nature does not get enough nutrition. Since the crops are useful to the human‟s life, the native people do not want their source of food become a place of immoral action. The Olinkans really believe that their live is controlled by the nature, because they believe gods which is related to the nature. Another taboo is cunnilingus or oral sex in Olinka. Since women in Olinka tribe do not have clitoris, they cannot feel the pleasure through it.Even they make cunnilingus as a taboo. It can be seen from Adam‟s perspective, “my tongue bringing us no babies, and to both of us delight ” Walker, 2011: 17. The other PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI