South Sumatera Province in Culture toward Ageing Population

Abstract
South Sumatera Province in Culture toward Aging Population
The study is to analyze how the aging carrying live in Province of South Sumatera. There are several factors of culture having influence toward issues about aging population over there. Increasing in world ageing population is the same happened in this province. Five thousands of 7.5 thousands from the total population in South Sumatera, or fourteen and half percent of population are aging. This big number of aging seems being problem. In fact the effect of culture causes the aging being not having problem. The culture had been given much chance for this age to have peaceful life and carrying rest of their life whatever they have pensioned or not. Generally, in South Sumatera culture in their house is holding relative family perspective. In a household there is living parent, kids, grand parent, and sometimes brother and sister. They are enjoying living togetherness. The hierarchy of the family member is respectful especially for the elderly one. From the culture perspective covers several factors; those are norms, respect, relatives’ family, prestige, religion, protection, mutual benefits, caring children, not burden, helpful, compulsory.
Key words: aging, culture, cultural perspective, relative family, mutual benefit ,religion, caring,