SYMBOLIC SPEECH AND RITUAL DISCOURSE: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SHAMANIC AUTHORITY IN THE PACU JALUR TRADITION OF KUANTAN SINGINGI
Journal of Pragmatics and Discourse Research October 21, 2025 Albetro Albetro, Zulfa Zulfa, Ranti Nazmi et al. 1 citation
This paper explores the role and identity of the Jalur Shaman within the Pacu Jalur rowing tradition inKuantan Singingi Regency, Indonesia. While the original approach adopts a historical-biographicalmethod, this revision reframes the study through a discourse-analytic lens to better interrogate how theshaman’s role, ritual language, and spiritual objects function as symbolic practices. The...