THE EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS MODERATION IN LOMBOK AS NEGOTIATION STRATEGY IN INTERFAITH ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE TOPAT WAR
Abstract
While wars generally have negative implications and bring chaos, Topat War in Lingsar Village, West Lombok Regency, is an exception. Despite being called a war, this annual tradition is carried out joyfully and without the intention of hurting each other. Instead of using weapons or battling against each other, the Balinese-Hindus and the Sasak-Muslims throw food, called ketupat, at each other. This uniqueness creates curiosity about how two-different religions celebrate the same tradition with mutual understanding. Therefore, this research will look at the prerequisites for successful interfaith engagement reflected in Perang Topat. This research was conducted qualitatively with meta-analysis approach to find a variety of scientific documents as primary data. The results showed that the series of religious rituals were carried out together while faithfully upholding their respective beliefs. It refers to the internum and externum aspects that live in this society, which are the essence of religious moderation. Furthermore, the win-win solution for both religions, the "mutual" process, the accommodation process of understanding and agreement in the annual rituals are designed to maintain the memory of the importance of living in harmony with people of different religions and traditions. The decision-making and ways of preserving the sustainability show a commitment to nationality, tolerance, non-violence, accommodation to local culture, and respect for minorities without exclusivity which are indicators of moderation. Thus, moderate religious attitudes are needed as a negotiation strategy to create an effective and harmonious atmosphere between religious communities.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Abduh, Amirullah, Hasnawi Haris, Rosmaladewi Rosmaladewi, and Abu Muslim. 2023. “Redefining Multicultural Competence of Students in Indonesian Higher Education: Meta-Analysis Approach.†International Journal of Language Education 7(1):162–70. doi: 10.26858/ijole.v1i1.45160.
Acim, Subhan Abdullah, and Siti Nurul Yaqinah. 2019. “Nilai Kearifan Lokal Pada Implementasi Komunikasi Antarbudaya Dalam Tradisi Perang Topat Di Lingsar, Lombok Barat.†Lentera III(2):95–116.
Ardhana, I. Ketut, Ni Made Frischa Aswarini, I. Wayan Tegel Eddy, I. Gusti Ketut Widana, Fransiska Dewi Setiowati Sunaryo, Sulandjari, Arya Suharja, I. Dewa Ketut Budiana, Made Adi Widyatmika, I. Putu Gelgel, I. Gusti Agung Paramita, I. Putu Gede Suwitha, I. Wayan Sukayasa, and I. Wayan Budi Utama. 2019. Dinamika Hindu Di Indonesia. Vol. 1. edited by I. K. Ardhana and N. M. F. Aswarini. Pustaka Larasan.
Aryawati, Ni Made Chandri, I. Wayan Ardhi Wirawan, and I. Wayan Wirata. 2022. “Komunikasi Cultural Resource Management Perang Topat Di Pura Dan Kemaliq Lingsar.†Guna Sekawa: Jurnal Manajemen 1(2):23–34.
Asmara, G. 2018. “The Principles of Religious Tolerance and Harmony among the People of Sasak Tribe in Lombok Island, Indonesia.†Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues 21(1).
Fathoni, Muhammad, Ni Putu Sinta Dewi, and Muh Azhari. 2023. “Konvergensi Simbolik Muslim Dan Hindu Dalam Upacara Pujawali Dan Perang Topat.†Restorica: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Administrasi Negara Dan Ilmu Komunikasi 9(2):1–9.
Harnish, D. D. 2014. “Balinese and Sasak Religious Trajectories in Lombok: Interactions, Tensions, and Performing Arts at the Lingsar Temple Festival.†Pp. 61–83 in Between Harmony and Discrimination: Negotiating Religious Identities within Majority-Minority Relationships in Bali and Lombok. Music Department, University of San Diego, United States: Brill.
Harnish, David. 2021. “Tolerance of Ambiguity: Negotiating Religion and Sustaining the Lingsar Festival and Its Performing Arts in Lombok, Indonesia.†Religions 12(8). doi: 10.3390/rel12080626.
Huda, Miftahul. 2019. “Toward a New Theology for a Religiously Restless Region the Accommodation of Local Traditions into Islamic Law in Lombok.†Journal of Indonesian Islam 13(1):50 – 72. doi: 10.15642/JIIS.2019.13.1.50-72.
Jayadi, Suparman. 2017. “Rasionalisasi Tindakan Sosial Masyarakat Suku Sasak Terhadap Tradisi Perang Topat ( Studi Kasus Masyarakat Islam Sasak Lombok Barat ).†Sosiologi Agama: Jurnal Ilmiah Sosiologi Agama Dan Perubahan Sosial 11(1):13–34.
Jayadi, Suparman. 2022. “Local Wisdom As Social Cohesion Of ‘Kebhinekaan’ The Study Of Hindu-Islamic Relations In Eastern Indonesia.†Jurnal Penelitian Agama Hindu 6(2):68–75. doi: 10.37329/jpah.v6i2.1572.
Julianingsih, Eka M. 2020. “Upacara Perang Topat Dalam Menjalin Komunikasi Antar Umat Beragama.†Communicare 1(2):154–63.
Kementrian Agama RI. 2019. Moderasi Beragama. Pertama. Jakarta: Badan Litbang dan Diklat Kementerian Agama RI.
Khoiruddin, Khoiruddin, and Juhratul Khulwah. 2023. “Moderasi Beragama Dalam Kearifan Lokal Pada Masyarakat Pesisir Barat Provinsi Lampung.†MODERATIO: Jurnal Moderasi Beragama 3(1):76. doi: 10.32332/moderatio.v3i1.5865.
Maćkowiak, Anna M. 2022. “Conceptual Dilemmas from a Fieldwork in Indonesia: ‘Religious’ ‘Unity in Diversity’ at the Lingsar Temple Festival.†Religion 52(1):86 – 101. doi: 10.1080/0048721X.2021.2011083.
Mailin, Mailin, Hasan Sazali, and Suhesti Wira Dharma. 2023. “Development of Religious Moderation in North Sumatera Communities By Strengthening Crosscultural Communication Based on Local Wisdom Values.†Al-Qalam: Jurnal Penelitian Agama Dan Sosial Budaya 29(2):243–53. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.31969/alq.v29i2.
Marjan, Marjan, and Sri Hariati. 2018. “Tradisi Perang Topat Sebagai Akulturasi Agama Dan Budaya (Masyarakat Desa Lingsar, Kecamatan Lingsar, Lombok Barat).†Jatiswara 33(1):1–8.
Mukhibat, M., Mukhlison Effendi, Wawan Herry Setyawan, and M. Sutoyo. 2024. “Development and Evaluation of Religious Moderation Education Curriculum at Higher Education in Indonesia.†Cogent Education 11(1). doi: 10.1080/2331186X.2024.2302308.
Mulyana, Rohmat. 2023. “Religious Moderation in Islamic Religious Educatiotextbook and Implementation in Indonesia.†HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 79(1):1–8. doi: 10.4102/HTS.V79I1.8592.
Musawar, and Muhammad Harfin Zuhdi. 2019. “Islam Nusantara That Is Sacred and Ignored (Thinking Analysis of Sasak Lombok Ulama).†Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues 22(3).
Nasir, Muhammad, and Muhammad Khairul Rijal. 2021. “Keeping the Middle Path: Mainstreaming Religious Moderation through Islamic Higher Education Institutions in Indonesia.†Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies 11(2):213–41. doi: 10.18326/ijims.v11i2.213-241.
Pramana, Ida Bagus. 2020. “Tradisi Perang Topat Sebagai Sarana Mempererat Kerukunan Umat Hindu Dan Islam Waktu Telu Di Pura Lingsar.†Pp. 166–73 in Prosiding Seminar Nasional Moderasi Beragama STHD Klaten Tahun 2020. Klaten-Indonesia.
Purna, I. made. 2020. “Merajut Pluralisme Di Desa Lingsar, Kecamatan Lingsar, Lombok Barat, Nusa Tenggara Barat.†Forum Arkeologi 33(2):151–68.
Ramadhani, Dian Puspita. 2023. “A Closer Look at the Attitude of Religious Moderation in the Millennial Generation: Forms and Concepts of Strengthening and Their Implementation.†Pp. 164–73 in Annual International Conference on ….
Sarpin, Sarpin, and Agung Pramunarti. 2017. “Upaya Masyarakat Dalam Melestarikan Tradisi Perang Topat Sebagai Simbol Persaudaraan Umat Islam Dan Hindu Di Desa Lingsar Kecamatan Lingsar Kabupaten Lombok Barat.†Historis | FKIP UMMat 2(2):24–28. doi: 10.31764/historis.v2i2.189.
Sedyawati, Edi, Anhar Gonggong, Beratha Subawa, S. Swarsi, Made Puma, Nyoman Dhana, Aanak Agung Gde Putra Agung, Gede Parimartha, Wayan Geriya, and Wayan Sudarma. 2002. Integrasi Antaretnik Berbeda Agama Melalui Upacara Agama: Kajian Tentang Hubungan Antaretnik Bali Dan Sasak Melalui Upacara ‘Perang Topat’ Di Pura Lingsar Lombok Barat. I. Deanpasar: Badan Pengembangan Kebudayaan Dan Pariwisata Deputi Bidang Pelestarian Dan Pengembangan Budaya Bagian Proyek Pengkajian Dan Pemanfaatan Sejarah Dan Tradisi Bali.
Sodli, Ahmad. 2010. “Revitalisasi Kearifan Lokal Dalam Masyarakat Multikultural Di Kecamatan Lingsar, Lombok Barat, NTB.†Analisa Journal of Social Science and Religion XVII(02):187–200.
Suadnya, I. Wayan, and Eka Putri Paramita. 2017. “Komunikasi Ritual Perang Topat Sebagai Media Pemersatu Kebhinekaan Di Lombok.†309–23.
Suartana, I. Nengah. 2022. “Upacara Perang Topat Di Pura Lingsar (Perspektif Teologi Hindu).†Widyalaya, Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan 3(1):81–103.
Suprapto. 2017. “Sasak Muslims and Interreligious Harmony: Ethnographic Study of the Perang Topat Festival in Lombok - Indonesia.†Journal of Indonesian Islam 11(1):77–98. doi: 10.15642/JIIS.2017.11.1.77-98.
Timulak, Ladislav. 2009. “Meta-Analysis of Qualitative Studies: A Tool for Reviewing Qualitative Research Findings in Psychotherapy.†Psychotherapy Research 19(4–5):591–600. doi: 10.1080/10503300802477989.
Widodo, Arif. 2020. “Nilai Budaya Ritual Perang Topat Sebagai Sumber Pembelajaran IPS Berbasis Kearifan Lokal Di Sekolah Dasar.†Gulawentah:Jurnal Studi Sosial 5(1):1–16. doi: 10.25273/gulawentah.v5i1.6359.
Wirata, I. Wayan. 2018. “Local Wisdom of Sasak Islamic to Enhance Unity and Togetherness among Communities on the Lombok Island.†IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 156(1). doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/156/1/012051.
Zaki, M. 2021. “Character Education Socialization Pattern Among Young Generations in Perang Topat Tradition.†SANGKéP: Jurnal Kajian Sosial Keagamaan 4(1):109–16. doi: 10.20414/sangkep.v2i2.p-ISSN.
Zidni, Suhupawati, B. Fitri Rahmawati, and Muhammad Shulhan Hadi. 2021. “Nilai-Nilai Sejarah Kemaliq Lingsar Dan Perannya Bagi Kehidupan Masyarakat Desa Lingsar Lombok Barat.†Jurnal Humanitas 7(2):108–20. doi: 10.29408/jhm.v7i2.3660.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31969/alq.v30i1.1456
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Published by:
Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Agama Makassar
Office:
Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Agama Makassar | ||||
Address: Jl. A. P. Pettarani No. 72, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia | ||||
Email: alqalamjurnal@gmail.com | ||||
Website: http://jurnalalqalam.or.id/index.php/Alqalam | ||||
Contact Person: Sari Damayanti (+62 81342653417) |
Indexed by :
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.