ETNOMATHEMATICS EXPLORATION IN THE CULTURE SYSTEM OF MALAY CULTURE IN NAGA MAHAP VILLAGE

Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematics' distinctive characteristics or colors as they exist and develop in society. mathematics it appears utilized cultural community groups such urban rural communities, children a specific age, labor indigenous peoples. For vast majority Indonesians, cultivation way life, particularly residents Nanga Mahap Village. Mathematical words are employed farming activities, ranging from units to fundamental mathematical concepts. Cultivation systems have been practiced grasslands forests around world. shifting system one plot land another, usually cleared by cutting down burning part forest make fields. The goal this was investigate principles inherent Malay culture's This qualitative with an ethnographic approach. research that makes use approach.. took place Village, Sekadau Regency's District. subjects informants, namely field farmers culture Data were gathered variety sources including observation, interviewing, documentation procedures. results indicated incorporated element through requirement for seeds, yields, tools, concept comparison, counting words, tessellation (tiling), geometry, congruence