抄録
This study examines the role of ritual ceremony in improving the dietary variety of child-rearing households in a highly commercialized area in rural Indonesia. The major findings are as follows: (1) dietary variety at a ritual is more than usual in child-rearing households clearly; (2) at a ritual, child-rearing households prepare food for more guests than the other households do, and a return gift from the guest is not always necessary. Therefore, the ritual ceremony is considered to create social networks, through which many children can take more various food than usual prepared by their family and neighboring households.
