The local Sundanese myth of Nyi Pohaci Sanghyang Sri is very well known in West Java, Indonesia. Originated from oral stories pass from generation to generation, the myth was then written in the manuscripts to preserve its existence. Many farmers in the countryside in West Java believed that Nyi Pohaci exists and protect their growing plants. Therefore, the farmers held a ritual ceremony to honor the figure. This article focuses on studying how the story of Nyi Pohaci is constructed to preserve the environment among Sundanese ethnic. The data are taken from the story of Nyi Pohaci in local Sundanese manuscripts including the literature review on the ceremonies. These documents were found strongly related to the myth of Nyi Pohaci in Sundanese ethnic who live in the countryside. This qualitative study was combining the philological theory proposed by Djamaris (2002) and the social construction theory proposed by Berger and Luckmann (1966) to explore the myths of Nyi Pohaci Sanghyang Sri regarding the environmental conservation in Sundanese ethnic. The results of this research show that the story of Nyi Pohaci has been constructed so well regarding ecological preservation by the Sundanese ethnic in the countryside of West Java, Indonesia.
This article discusses studies that have been conducted on medical manuscripts in the Nusantara, especially those that have been presented in International Symposium on Nusantara Manuscripts initiated by Manassa (The Indonesian Association for Nusantara Manuscripts), National Seminar, and JUMANTARA Journal initiated by the National Library of Indonesia. In addition, it also discusses research on Nusantara medical manuscripts outside the Manassa forum and the National Library of Indonesia, especially those that have been conducted by researchers in Indonesia. The discussion of the results of this research is expected to provide an overview of medical manuscripts that have been studied, who the researchers are, and kind of studies that have been conducted on medical manuscripts in Nusantara. In the next section, it discusses the potential of Nusantara medical manuscripts, especially the manuscripts stored in Indonesia. The discussion in this section focuses on attempts to trace and explain the potential of Nusantara medical manuscript stored in Indonesia. The search effort of these medical manuscripts is based on the information of various manuscript catalogs, in particular the catalog of "local" manuscripts. Through the search of various manuscript catalogs, it‟s expected to know how the potential of Nusantara medical manuscripts. This effort is expected to provide a "map" of the potential of Nusantara medical manuscripts in Indonesia.
Although manuscript digitalization helps to safeguard old manuscripts, the challenges of old manuscripts’ preservation remain present. Old manuscripts are increasingly neglected and hard to access. This study aims to shed light on the preservation of manuscript contents as it is being done through various digitalization programs by a variety of national and international institutions in Indonesia. This study found that, paradoxically, the availability of many digital manuscripts does not enhance the study of their contents. Similarly, attention to the physical preservation of these manuscripts has also not seen a significant improvement. By using philological, codicological, and anthropological approaches, this study gives contribution to enhance the understanding on the needs of manuscript digitalization as an integral effort to preserve their contents and physical preservation.
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