IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 19, Issue 11, Ver. VIII (Nov. 2014), PP 28-32 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org www.iosrjournals.org 28 | Page Nonverbal Communication Study Human Behavior Reflection As Local Wisdom Tina Kartika Departement Communication, Faculty of Social and Politics Science, University Of Lampung (INDONESIA) _________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: This article discusses, among others: 1. Human behavior is the study of nonverbal communication as a reflection of local wisdom in the city Pagaralam, South Sumatra, Indonesia. 2. Human behavior as an act of local wisdom in several places in Indonesia. 3. Human behavior as a construct that gave birth to ethnic identity in the study of the theory of social construction of reality. Methods This study used qualitative methods, the informant as a source of information. In-depth interview technique is used to produce accurate data. The results of the discussion of this article are: 1) Nonverbal communication in Singkuh are distance between men and women in one family. Local wisdom is found in singkuh are: a) Mutual respect between a man and another man in a family, kinship by marriage), b) Mutual respect between brothers and sisters, c) Prevent the occurrence of incest in the family. 2) Local wisdom in Indonesia is a heritage that is passed down from generation to generation to keep the harmony between man and nature and man and man. 3) Local wisdom in community Purwogondo village in Central Java, Ethnic Sundanese are in West Java, Ethnic Besemah are in South Sumatra is a set of behaviors, language and culture manifest in the unity of their individual identities. Keywords: Behavior, Nonverbal Communication, Theory Social Construction Of Reality, Singkuh, Local Wisdom, Ethnic Identity I. Introduction The study in this article is part of a research conducted by Kartika, Sarwoko, Utaridah. Titled Singkuh As Local Wisdom Reflection (verbal and nonverbal communication Socio-Cultural Studies Ethnic Besemah In Kotamadya Pagaralam South Sumatra) (Kartika. 2014). Human behavior is an action taken with or without conscious awareness cause a reaction and a particular meaning to other human beings. Not just the reaction of other humans but also as the application of behavior patterns of human thought. State of Indonesia have 34 provinces, and each province is inhabited by a variety of different human cultures, customs, norms and behaviors. Article written by Suharyanto explain Indonesian ethnic grouped into 15 ethnic groups based on language speakers. Meanwhile, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics survey in 2010 ethnic in Indonesia amounts to 1,340 and grouped into 29 ethnic groups. Still described by Suharyanto, following the division of ethnic in Indonesia: 1. Ethnic from Aceh, 2. Batak, 3. Nias, 4. Melayu, 5. Minangkabau, 6. Ethnic from Jambi, 7. Ethnic from South Sumatra, 8. Ethnic from Lampung, 9. Ethnic from others Sumatra, 10. Betawi, 11. Ethnic from Banten, 12. Sunda, 13. Jawa, 14. Cirebon, 15. Madura, 16. Bali, 17. Sasak, 18. Ethnic from others West Nusa Tenggara, 19. Ethnic from East Nusa Tenggara, 20. Dayak, 21. Banjar, 22. Ethnic from others Kalimantan, 23. Makassar, 24. Bugis, 25. Minahasa, 26. Gorontalo, 27. Ethnic from others Sulawesi, 28. Ethnic from Maluku, 29. Ethnic from Papua, 30. Cina, 31. foreign. (Suharyanto. 2014) Generally, every Ethnic in Indonesia has rules relating to the sustainability of ethnic themselves, The rules can be seen from their daily behavior. Ethnic Besemah are one of the ethnic is in South Sumatra, inhabited the valley of Mount Dempo Pagaralam City. Singkuh are rules governing Ethnic Besemah, about what is feasible/worth it and not worth it. Singkuh can be the form of verbal and nonverbal. When singkuh not adhered to, then the moral sanction applicable, the person said is not polite, shameless, etc. Singkuh is one of the local wisdom of the local culture, they did it as the Code of Conduct. Wisdom in the form of rules, they do with awareness for peace between them. The regulations are generally known to local wisdom. Nicoll Soumilena (2014), describes the definition of local wisdom are in the dictionary consists of two words: wisdom and local. In English Indonesian Dictionary John M. Echols and Hassan Syadily, local means local, whereas wisdom is equal to kebijaksanaan. In general, the local wisdom can be understood as ideas that are thoughtful, full of good value, which is embedded and followed by members of the community. In the discipline of anthropology known term local genius.