Struggle between customary, Religion, and the State in the Community Harmonization Process

Abstract

This article looks at the process of religious transformation of the Tengger indigenous people, which was constructed by adat and the state. State hegemony began in 1965, in terms of regulating the governance of life in Tengger and several other regions in Indonesia. The study is a field study by taking the locus of eight villages in Tosari District, Pasuruan Regency, East Java. This research approach is a case study with data validation used is source triangulation. This article points out that in the midst of the struggle between customary, religion and the Tengger people can maintain harmony in their lives, both in harmony with God, nature and fellow human beings. The dialectic dynamics that occur in the Tengger community gave birth to two important propositions. First, the strength of indigenous traditions is interpreted as a cultural system as the identity of the Tengger people. Second, the struggle that occurs even though it is syncretic can encourage social harmony in the midst of society.