Portrait of Cultured Life: Study on Malay Community Settlement Activities in Muara Kubu, Kubu Raya Regency

Abstract

Shamanism is a term that is quite close to the people in Indonesia for a long time. Similarly, the community in Muara Kubu, Kubu Raya District, which is the majority of Malay tribes who live on the coast and are still thick with the shamanic culture. A shaman is believed to be able to help solve various problems in society, especially those related to spirits or supernatural beings. Many evidences of cases or problems in Muara Kubu were resolved with the help of shamans so that a sense of community dependence was very large, even though the community was well aware that it was through God's will that an issue could be resolved. This article is the result of the author's field study in Muara Kubu Village, precisely in Dusun Mekar Jaya, RT 06 and 07 / RW 04, Desa Dabong, Kecamatan Kubu, Kubu Raya District, West Kalimantan Province. This article uses descriptive qualitative writing methods with in-depth interviews with shamans in Muara Kubu. In this article describes: (1) Budaya Tasyakuran, (2) Pantang Larang, (3) Sistem Pengobatan and (4) Amalan Dukun Muara Kubu. In this article also outlines some shamanic culture that relates to the activities of the Muara Kubu community, the majority of whom work as fishermen. In addition, some shamanic spells also succeeded in getting from the Muara Kubu shaman. The results show that the term shaman used in Muara Kubu actually does not mean that a shaman is allied to spirits or shirk as intended by most people, but the term shaman in Muara Kubu is closer to the understanding of physicians in Islam, although not all shamanic culture is in line with the teachings of Islam.