Resistance to the norms used in indigenous peoples is an effort to provide an instrument of equality to all indigenous peoples for the preservation of culture and the strengthening of communal identity. This article discusses the traditional leadership hegemony used by the nobility which continues to experience criticism from the indigenous peoples themselves. Symbolic resistance in the implementation of customs began to be shown in every feast or activity involving customs. The method used in this study is a qualitative method through a postcolonial hermeneutic approach. A leader is said to be a transformative leader if he is able to bring change in the realm of the organization and the development of its members. The link with the traditional leadership in the indigenous Rante Balla community is that it still adheres to the feudal system. Where leaders are determined from lineage and are still valid for generations in indigenous peoples. In contemporary society, according to the author, this leadership style is a leadership style that needs to be transformed so that it is able to adjust to the context of society that develops in various aspects. People who are already restless with this traditional leadership style need to hold resistance or resistance to ideas made unilaterally and imposed by those who consider themselves to be nobility.
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