SOEHARTO'S PROHIBITIONS: AN EARLIER CLASSIFICATION

Butir-Butir Budaya Jawa (Grains of Javanese Culture) is a title of a book written by Soeharto, the second president of the Republic of Indonesia. This book contains the local wisdom in the form of Javanese maxims. Soeharto compiled Butir-Butir Budaya Jawa as a guidance of life. The book is structured into two main chapters, namely pituduh (moral guidance) and wewaler (prohibitions).This paper intends to identify and describe the prohibitions contained in one of the chapters of Butir-butir Budaya Jawa, namely chapter Wewaler. Wewaler take the ideal concept of Javanese culture containing prohibitions that should not be done by Javanese. In Wewaler there are six themes; (1) belief in the One Supreme God, (2) spirituality, (3) humanity, (4) nationhood, (5) family life, and (6) on material goods.Based on to whom the prohibitions are intended, there are two Soeharto’s prohibitions in Wewaler, 1) prohibitions of human and 2) prohibitions of other creatures. Based on selfhood, there are two prohibitions against human; a) prohibitions of self and b) prohibitions of other people. Based on kinship, there are six prohibitions of other people, (1) prohibitions of ancestors, (2) prohibitions of parents, (3) prohibitions of parents in law, (4) prohibitions of husband/wife, (5) prohibitions of child and (6) prohibitions of liyan (strangers). Based on the characters, there are four prohibitions of Liyan; (a) prohibitions of ordinary people, (b) prohibitions of holy man, (c) prohibitions of superior man, and (d) prohibitions of evil man. In the other hand, based on its kind, there are two prohibitions of other creatures; a) spiritual beings and b) animals.