Marriage system in the indigenous trust describes the relationship of supernatural effect on family kinship in the community. Such the relevance is the primary identifier and the identity of the diversity of the Indonesian nation. It is inevitable that a cultureas a pillar of diversity is a buffer for entering the era of multicultural and globalization. Values of Humanist ??is the power of social relation among individuals in the community groups. This paper describes the characteristic of marriage in society of Boti in East Nusa Tenggara who hold the original trust Halaika.The results shows behaviors that indicate homage to supernatural of Uis Pah (Ruler of the Earth), Uis Oe (Ruler of Water) and Uis Neno (Ruler of Heaven) in a series of marriages that is rich of value and meaning.

This paper contains the results of research on the exposure of the meaning and value of agriculture ritual speech on Dawan ethnic in Mollo. This study is based on the Cultural Linguistic Theory that sees language is a cultural expression that describes the user's perception or view of the world. Based on the theory, the results obtained, as follows: (1) the language in ritual speech include: a magical function, a conative function, and an emotive function; (2) agriculture ritual speech on Dawan ethnic in Mollo has meaning and value like surrender, togetherness, inheritance, and environmental care.

Discourse is built by linguistic structures with multidimensional relationships. Relationships in discourse are endophoric-exophoric and anaphoric-cataphoric. Such a relationship implies meaning, both linguistically and in discourse. From the discourse on "Politics without Principles", the third paragraph specifically clearly describes the dichotomy of speech and behavior. If the linguistic meaning and discourse are drawn into politics, then what is essential from a healthy and conscientious politics is a real relationship between speech and behavior.

Tulisan ini membahas tentang beberapa aspek budaya yang dapat dijadikan landasan pembangunan daerah. Fakta menunjukkan bahwa pembangunan berbasis budaya belum menyeluruh. Banyak nilai budaya yang terabaikan dalam pembangunan daerah. Setidaknya ada empat aspek pembangunan yang dapat memanfaatkan budaya lokal-tradisional, yaitu: masalah mata pencaharian, masalah pemerintahan, politik, dan masalah agama dan kepercayaan kepada Tuhan Yang Maha Esa. Penyajian fakta mengenai keempat hal tersebut di atas merupakan cerminan dari kebangkitan nilai-nilai. Refleksi ini akan memacu semua kebijakan pemerintah untuk memanfaatkan aspek budaya lokal sebagai bahan pertimbangan dalam merancang dan melaksanakan pembangunan di daerah.