Local Wisdom in the Plurality of Religious Life: Lessons from Tenggerese

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10.2991/soshec-17.2018.21How to use a DOI?

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local cultural values, local elites, Kasadha and Karo.

Abstract

There is a worrying lesson in the transition of democracy. The transition from one regime to the other regime lead to a change of political constellation. This change will bring religious, ethnic and other issues into political identity. Strengthening political identity in a plural society produces a conflict. To prevent it, in the situations of religious diversity, for example, the maintenance of relations between religious people becomes very important. The value of local culture can effectively develop harmonious relations among religious people. In this situation, the local political elite becomes the keyword for implementing those values. With ethnographic research methods in the Tengger community in four villages in Tosari District from 2012 to 2015, this study shows that the local culture and ritual values formed the basis of a harmonious diversity of life. By Kasadha and Karo, the community is united and lives in harmony.There is a worrying lesson in the transition of democracy. The transition from one regime to the other regime lead to a change of political constellation. This change will bring religious, ethnic and other issues into political identity. Strengthening political identity in a plural society produces a conflict. To prevent it, in the situations of religious diversity, for example, the maintenance of relations between religious people becomes very important. The value of local culture can effectively develop harmonious relations among religious people. In this situation, the local political elite becomes the keyword for implementing those values. With ethnographic research methods in the Tengger community in four villages in Tosari District from 2012 to 2015, this study shows that the local culture and ritual values formed the basis of a harmonious diversity of life. By Kasadha and Karo, the community is united and lives in harmony.

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AU  - FX Sadewo
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AU  - Zainuddin Maliki
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