SERUMPUN SEBALAI DI SMK TUNAS HARAPAN BANGSA
ABSTRACT: This article reviews
a harmonious pluralistic society in Pangkalpinang, Bangka, represented by a
school named Tunas Harapan Bangsa.It was already wellknown that Pangkalpinangis
a city that developed by a variety of groups, in term of ethnicity, religion
and culture. The plurality is a social reality that shaped Pangkalpinangpeople
to develop awareness among themselves about the importance of unity and
harmonious living in their ecological settlement. They fully settled in a
region with a “unity in diversity” which they express in a term known as
“Serumpun Sebalai”, which mean “one place for various groups”. The term
describes a complete unity among different ethnic, religious and cultural
groups. Such condition is a dreamed reality of many Indonesians, something that
is not easily realized elsewhere in Indonesia.
Penulis: Ibnu Qoyim
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd100039
