The Role of Jambi Malay Traditional Institutions in the Seloko Oral Traditions of the Jambi Culture in Maintaining the Advancement of Culture

The purpose of writing this scientific article is to gain an understanding the oral tradition Javanese traditional seloko adat used in Malay weddings, whose problem formulation includes: (1) What tradition? (2) Jambi seloko? (3) How are efforts provincial customary institutions maintain advancement culture? To answer these three problems writer a qualitative approach with literature study method that collected several articles from previous research and conducted interviews cultural figures Province. From research, it was found one 10 elements culture, namely tradition, under name Seloko where contains advice, guidelines for life.