Ritual practice is an activity that is still practiced by most people today. The habit of this ritual practice is inherited from generation to generation. The Salako community is one of the communities that still maintains the culture inherited from generation to generation and they strongly believe that if the custom is not practiced it will bring harm to themselves, family and society. In each of these ritual practices, there are various symbols used, whether verbal symbols or nonverbal symbols. This research will discuss the rice ritual practices of the Salako community in the Sematan area, Lundu Sarawak. Although the Salako community has widely embraced Islam and Christianity, they still practice this custom, and the ceremony is carried out in mutual cooperation regardless of the religion they follow. The interpretation of the meaning of the symbols contained in the padi ritual (rice ritual) also has an implicit meaning and is only understood by the practitioner only to ensure that the ritual carried out can provide prosperity to the community. The main focus of this research is to identify the meaning of symbols contained in the rice rituals of the Salako community. To achieve this focus, several series of fieldwork will be controlled at the study site. The methods of study used are such as individual and group interviewing, direct observation, photography and video recording will be used in fieldwork. As a result, this research is expected to identify, classify and analyse the meaning of symbols in the paddy ritual of the Salako community, Sarawak which has never been studied by any previous researchers. New theories and interpretations of the symbols in the rice ritual will also be discovered through the analysis that will be done in this research.
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