PETANI DAN PEDAGANG: PERUBAHAN EKONOMI DAN AGAMA DI BUTON
ABSTRACT: This article
examines a dispute over proper religious practice in an all-Muslim village in
Buton, Southeast Sulawesi. Traditionalists and modernists disagree over whether
agricultural ceremonies involving offerings for territorial spirits should be
allowed to continue. Local views on this dispute are explored with reference to
the historical context of religious practice in the village, and processes of
social change over the past several generations. It is argued that key social,
political and economic dynamics which are relevant to the current religious
dispute include the decline of agriculture in the village, the eclipsing of the
Butonese Sultanate and integration into the Indonesian state, and new patterns
of mobility whereby many villagers have become migrants to urban centers in
eastern Indonesia. Thus it traces how processes of the increasing penetration
of capitalism, the decline of traditional authority, and new patterns of
mobility have played out in this particular village in the context of a dispute
over religious practice.
Key words: Islam, trade,
Buton, Indonesia, agriculture, religion, migration
Penulis: Blair Palmer
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd110004
