Proceedings of the 1st Paris Van Java International Seminar on Health, Economics, Social Science and Humanities (PVJ-ISHESSH 2020)

Authority and Function of Pecalang Organization in Maintaining Public Safety and Conformity (Research Study in Dangin Puri Kaja Village, Denpasar)

Authors
M M Sofyan, E I Supriyadi
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M M Sofyan
Available Online 8 March 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210304.125How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Function, Pecalang, Denpasar, Dangin Puri
Abstract

A pecalang (Balinese religious leader) has a lot of responsibilities. Not only maintaining village safety, especially related with religion and ceremonial matters, but also maintaining the safety of complex public activities. Therefore, a pecalang should not only having abilities related with tradition and religious issues, but also having the ability to solve immigrant residents in Dangin Puri Kaja Village of Denpasar. Based on such understanding, it is important to understand the characteristics of authority and function of Pecalang organization in Dangin Puri Kaja Village, and what are the difficulties faced in performing their authoritative duties. Qualitative method is used in this research, using interview research instrument. From the research, it can be understood that the authority of pecalang of Dangin Puri Kaja Village of Denpasar includes public safety and conformity of Dauh Puri Kaja Village monitoring, public safety duties in Dangin Puri Kaja Village in terms of religious and tradition, and appointed and dismissed by Dangin Puri Kaja Village. Several difficulties faced by Pecalang of Dangin Puri Kaja Village including the unavailability of dedicated office or post until now, therefore hindering their public official duties.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st Paris Van Java International Seminar on Health, Economics, Social Science and Humanities (PVJ-ISHESSH 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
8 March 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-349-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210304.125How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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