Gabriel Durah Langoday
Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri

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Politik Identitas Etnis Kedang Pada Pemilihan Kepala Daerah Kabupaten Lembata 2017 Gabriel Durah Langoday
Jurnal Mengkaji Indonesia Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): July
Publisher : CV. Era Digital Nusantara

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Abstract: This article examines how political decentralization in the 2017 regional elections has shaped the phenomenon of the use of identity politics that successfully won the SUNDAY pair (Eliaser Yentji Sunur and Thomas Ola Langoday) in the implementation of the 2017 regional elections in Lembata Regency. Local political dynamics that are still influenced by primodial sentiments have become a factor that fertilizes the use of identity politics in local politics. The 2017 elections in Lembata Regency were followed by five pairs of candidates with the victory of the SUNDAY pair in two sub-districts with a total vote of 70%, showing how the issue of identity politics played can increase the votes of candidates for Regent and Vice Regent in the implementation of the elections. Purpose: The purpose of this article is to see how the issue of identity politics was formed by SUNDAY pair in gaining support from ethnic kedang in the 2017 regional election. Design/Methodology/Approach: This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach by attempting to explain how identity issues were formed and raised as an effort to win the SUNDAY pair. Determination of Informants using snowball technique starting from key informants, Various information that will be obtained from key informants will be used as reference material in determining other informants.. Findings: The results showed that the victory of the SUNDAY pair was inseparable from its ability to determine the segmentation of voters who were more dominantly interested in various issues of identity politics. Identity issues were used to gain support from the Kedang community located in two sub-districts, namely Omesuri and Buyasuri, displayed in the form of using local languages in various campaign activities and raising the social conditions of the Kedang community through folklore that has grown in the community, thus succeeding in creating a voting power group between the Lamaholot and Kedang ethnicities. Originality/Value: This research is more focused on the use of Kedang ethnic identity politics in winning Sunday pairs in the 2017 regional elections Keywords: Identity Politics, Kedang, Lembata, Pilkada
TOWANI TOLOTANG RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE DYNAMICS AND RAMIFICATIONS OF INDIGENOUS RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS IN INDONESIA Teguh Ahmad Asparill; Gabriel Durah Langoday; Dawid Bunikowski; Arwanto Harimas Ginting
Habitus : Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosiologi, dan Antropologi Vol 9, No 1 (2025): Habitus: Jurnal Pendidikan, Sosiologi, dan Antropologi
Publisher : Program Studi Pendidikan Soiologi Antropologi, FKIP-UNS

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Keragaman agama di Indonesia menimbulkan tantangan yang signifikan bagi agama-agama lokal seperti Towani Tolotang, yang berjuang untuk mempertahankan identitas dan kebebasan beragama sambil menuntut pengakuan sesuai dengan prinsip-prinsip hukum internasional tentang kebebasan beragama. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki tantangan-tantangan yang dihadapi oleh agama lokal Towani Tolotang dan implikasinya terhadap keberlangsungannya. Menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan etnografi, studi ini mengkaji berbagai literatur dan data etnografi untuk memahami konteks sosiokultural masyarakat Towani Tolotang. Temuan penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa Towani Tolotang, sebuah kepercayaan lokal yang menyembah Dewata Seuwae, mengalami diskriminasi dan penindasan selama penumpasan Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI) melalui TAP MPRS XXV/1966. Meskipun menghadapi tekanan untuk mengadopsi salah satu dari enam agama yang diakui secara resmi, komunitas Towani Tolotang tetap bertahan dengan memasukkan beberapa aspek Hindu ke dalam praktik-praktik mereka. Dinamika ini mengakibatkan perpecahan di dalam komunitas antara mereka yang menganut kepercayaan asli mereka dan mereka yang memeluk agama Islam. Penelitian ini menggarisbawahi pentingnya kebebasan beragama sebagai hak asasi manusia yang diakui secara internasional yang sering diabaikan dalam praktiknya di Indonesia. Kebijakan pemerintah dan interpretasi hukum yang cenderung teistik membuat kepercayaan agama lokal, seperti Towani Tolotang, mengalami diskriminasi. Studi ini menyimpulkan bahwa perlindungan hak beragama bagi komunitas penghayat kepercayaan lokal harus ditingkatkan melalui penegakan hukum yang inklusif dan tidak diskriminatif.Kata Kunci: Towani Tolotang; Hukum Kebebasan Beragama Internasional; Agama AdatABSTRACTReligious diversity in Indonesia poses significant challenges for local religions such as Towani Tolotang, which struggle to maintain their identity and religious freedom while demanding recognition in accordance with international legal principles on religious freedom. This study aims to investigate the challenges faced by the Towani Tolotang local religion and their implications for its survival. Utilizing a qualitative method with an ethnographic approach, this study examines various literature and ethnographic data to comprehend the sociocultural context of the Towani Tolotang community. The findings reveal that Towani Tolotang, a local faith that worships Dewata Seuwae, encountered discrimination and suppression during the crackdown on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) through the TAP MPRS XXV/1966. Despite facing pressure to adopt one of the six officially recognized religions, the Towani Tolotang community persevered by incorporating some aspects of Hinduism into their practices. This dynamic resulted in a split within the community between those who adhered to their indigenous beliefs and those who adopted Islam. This research underscores the significance of religious freedom as an internationally recognized human right that is frequently overlooked in practice in Indonesia. Government policies and legal interpretations that tend to be theistic expose local religious beliefs, such as Towani Tolotang, to discrimination. This study concludes that the protection of religious rights for local faith communities must be improved through inclusive and non-discriminatory law enforcement.Keywords: Towani Tolotang; International Freedom of Religion Law; Indigenous Religious