TY - JOUR AU - Ayi Sobarna, AU - Elindra Yetti, AU - Myrnawati Crie Handini, AU - Asep Dudi Suhardini, AU - Dedih Surana, AU - Tedi Supriyadi, PY - 2020/12/09 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - RELIGIOUS CHARACTER EDUCATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH "NADOMAN": ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES ON SUNDANESE ETHNIC JF - PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology JA - J Arch.Egyptol VL - 17 IS - 8 SE - DO - UR - https://www.archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/2592 SP - 140-160 AB - <p>Religion and beliefs are an essential part of national culture and daily life in Indonesia. Religious values ​​are essential things to be transformed in Indonesian society at every level of education to build a nation's religious character. Therefore, this research aims at analyzing how the process of transforming religious values ​​in early childhood through religious poetry (<em>nadoman</em>) in the Sundanese ethnic community. To address these objectives, an ethnographic research involving six children in the age range of 7-8 years old was designed. This research resulted in several findings including; 1) <em>nadoman</em> is a Sundanese ethnic tradition in early childhood character education in addition to <em>tetembangan</em> (humming) and <em>kaulinan</em> (games), besides, <em>nadoman</em> is also a form of anti-thesis of the <em>reak</em> tradition in the Sundanese ethnic community, 2) <em>nadoman</em> activities represent theistic, ethical, and aesthetic values ​​of the Sundanese ethnic originating from Islamic values, both in the credial, ritual, and moral dimensions, 3) of the six types of places of worship for Muslims that include <em>tajug</em> (<em>langgar</em>), musalla, congregational mosque, community mosque, grand mosque, and great mosque, <em>nadoman</em> activities are only carried out in musalla and mosques, 4) in early childhood, the <em>nadoman</em> activity represents behavior that reflects beliefs, obedience, sacredness, intelligence, cleanliness, holiness, togetherness, and politeness. From these findings, this research can conclude that <em>nadoman</em> activities for early childhood in Sundanese ethnic can form religious characters.</p> ER -