Nilai-nilai Pendidikan Islam dalam Tradisi Bekayat di Kecamatan Kuripan

The Bekayat tradition is one of traditions in the Sasak tribe. The Bekayat tradition is a tradition of reciting saga poem which is functioned by preachers as a medium of preaching. It was started with a negative response to the bekayat tradition conveyed by one of generations with the different understanding by saying that the bekayat tradition had existed since the arrival of the Islam propagators and they said that this tradition was a tradition belonged to the misguided heresy, so the researcher needs to examine this tradition and straightens the incorrect responses. The objectives of this research were to find out how the stages of the Bekayat tradition process in Kuripan District were, to find out the Islamic educational values contained in the Bekayat tradition and to find out how the young generation responds to the Bekayat tradition. The research method used was qualitative research method and the purpose was to obtain the data in the form of written or oral descriptions from the observation subject, while the data collection procedures used by researcher were interviews, observation, and documentation. The implementation procedures of the Bekayat tradition in Kuripan District, namely, started with preparation, the main activities or reciting the saga poem and closing are followed with the convivial event. Educational values in the bekayat tradition in Kuripan District consist of processional values, script values and traditional values. The researcher acquired responses from the young generation which were divided into two parts, there were positive and negative responses, while the positive response was because they obtained a lot of lessons, as the form of support for the Bekayat tradition, and the negative response was because they felt disturbed during the breaks with the sound of Bekayat reading, waste of time.