Okup Tradition on Karo Community

Herlina Ginting, Junita Setiana Ginting

2018

Abstract

Every traditional community has diversity in their own tradition as a cultural wealth. The tradition was passed down from generation to generation and comprehend various aspects in people’s life. Karo ethnic also has these traditions. One of them is a tradition which is related to health, it called as okup. Okup is a a treatment tradition which utilizing the various efficacy of herbs in the form of spices and limes by evaporation. Therapeutic tradition by okup in nowadays is not lost, even now its use is developing. This tradition belongs to the Karo ethnic group, but now its users are not only in Karo ethnic. Some parties actually use it as a business opportunity by developing and changing in several ways. A health tradition called as Okup is still persists and is used as a healthy therapy

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ginting H. and Setiana Ginting J. (2018). Okup Tradition on Karo Community. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD, ISBN 978-989-758-543-2, pages 170-173. DOI: 10.5220/0009899700002480

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icnrsd18,
author={Herlina Ginting and Junita Setiana Ginting},
title={Okup Tradition on Karo Community},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,},
year={2018},
pages={170-173},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009899700002480},
isbn={978-989-758-543-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,
TI - Okup Tradition on Karo Community
SN - 978-989-758-543-2
AU - Ginting H.
AU - Setiana Ginting J.
PY - 2018
SP - 170
EP - 173
DO - 10.5220/0009899700002480