Suling Dewa Sebagai Identitas Simbolik Masyarakat Sasak Kuto-Kute di Karang Bajo Bayan Lombok Utara

Abstract

This study aims to identify the role of Suling Dewa as a symbolic identity of the Karang Bajo community, North Lombok. The groups living in Bayan have different backgrounds. This phenomenon becomes interesting when among the four community groups in Wet Bayan , only the Karang Bajo people present different symbolic values for the existence of Suling Dewa . This theory used in this study is the theory of Burke and Jan E. Stets which states that identity is formed through symbols and the meaning of symbols as a perception. To see how the ideological reflection the author also refers to Thomson's opinion on ideology and the use of symbolic forms and the attraction between interpretation, self-reflection, and identity criticism. This research identifies that the background predicate as spiritualists in the Karang Bajo community is a fundamental substance that gives birth to a symbolic identity of a supernatural bridge in Suling Dewa .