Cerita Lisan “Yong Dollah”: Pewarisan dan Resistensi Budaya Orang Melayu Bengkalis

Abstract

Humorous stories Yong Dollah is one form of oral literature that very popular in Bengkalis Malay community. Yong Dollah is a nickname of a Malay's character. His real name is Abdullah bin Endong, who is expected to be born in Bengkalis around 1906. One of the inheritance strategy of Yong Dollah oral stories which makes distribution spreaded widely and became popular by telling the story about him in front of friends at the coffee shop, in spare time. Activities "drink coffee in the spare time" is then often called kahwe. It is also that later differentiate oral stories inheritance system in general, which is usually passed down through families. In addition, this study also wants to show that, through kahwe tradition inheritance system is closely linked to the culture of the Bengkalis Malay resistance through Yong Dollah oral stories against colonialism and globalization. It also shows that the oral tradition is still believed to have the power to operate the functions of transformative in people's lives