This paper explores the meanings, practices and contexts of marriage and ritual among the Ata Baolangu of Lembata, Eastern Indonesia. Using the methodology of qualitative field research conducted by interviewing local stakeholders and by both participation in, and observation of, local community life, the paper proposes that all of the marriage rituals are necessary to ensure a legitimate relationship between the two parties involved and that procreation is necessary to maintain and transform social relations between and within clans, and to create harmony between the two worlds – of the living and the dead. This proposition is explained throughout the paper by first examining the concepts of marriage and ritual, followed by analysis of the stages of the rites and their meanings. By including some further reflection beyond ethnological boundaries, the paper hopes to contribute to a broader understanding of, and discourse on, the theme of traditions and philosophies in Asia. An endeavour to preserve traditions of marriage and ritual are philosophically necessary for the future prosperity of family and society, social structure and relations, as well as to give a sense of meaning, belonging and identity.

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印度尼西亚东部伦巴塔的阿塔·鲍朗古之间的婚姻和仪式：意义，做法和背景

本文探讨了印度尼西亚东部Lembata的Ata Baolangu之间婚姻和仪式的含义，实践和背景。使用通过与当地利益相关者进行访谈以及参与和观察当地社区生活进行的定性现场研究的方法，本文提出，所有婚姻仪式对于确保所涉两方之间的合法关系和生育都必不可少维护和改变氏族之间和内部的社会关系，并在生与死两个世界之间建立和谐是必要的。本文首先通过研究婚姻和礼仪的概念，然后分析礼仪的阶段及其含义来解释这一命题。通过对民族学范围之外的进一步思考，该论文希望有助于对亚洲传统和哲学主题的更广泛理解和讨论。从哲学上讲，维护婚姻和礼仪传统对于家庭和社会的未来繁荣，社会结构和关系以及赋予意义，归属感和认同感都是必不可少的。