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Melihat Indonesia dari Jendela Papua: Kebinekaan dalam Rajutan Budaya Melanesia

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: This article reveals the dynamics of local communities in Papua in accommodating differences between them. Those different ethnic and cultural communities, are able to build social relations through cultural mechanisms. Using the ethnographic approach this article reveals that Papuan people have a strong cultural capital to relate existing differences. Through communal culture, exchange relation in the form of enjoying eating together, religion of relatives, and the culture of one stone stove made of three stone, as well as inter-clans marriage become the mechanism that becomes elements of social glue between the community members. Although tribal conflicts often occur, traditional communities have a way of handling conflict through cultural mechanisms, such as "eating together", "burning stones" and accompanied by slaughter of sacrificial animals.

Source: JSW (Jurnal Sosiologi Walisongo)

DOI: 10.21580/jsw.2017.1.2.2034

Author: Akhmad Kadir

Institution: Cenderawasih University

Language: English

Topic: Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $150