THE MEANING OF "KARRA" IN ISLAMIC SOCIETY: A SYMBOLIC PHENOMENON OF SOCIAL SOLIDARITY IN ALOR DISTRICT, INDONESIA

Abstract

This research is aimed at looking at the fact that a civilized society will develop well if that society has strong solidarity in interpreting the meaning of life that is constructed in the social world they are involved in. Then the questions raised in the formulation of the research problem are: 1) What is the meaning of Karra as a symbol of the social solidarity of the Alor Islamic Community in Alor Barat Utara District? This research aims to: (1) Describe and understand the meaning of Karra as a symbol of social solidarity for the Alor Islamic Community in Alor Barat Utara District. (2) Describe and understand the social construction of Karra as a social glue for kinship in the Alor Islamic community in Alor Barat Utara District, Alor Regency. Approach in qualitative research with Phenomenological research type. Qualitative research focuses more on looking at meaning, where the research process is more cyclical rather than linear. In this research, data collection and data analysis took place simultaneously, with greater emphasis on depth of content rather than breadth of research, and the researcher himself as the key informant or main instrument. The findings in this research are: 1. The meaning of Karra as a binding togetherness is a knowledge value that is rooted in social life for the Alor Islamic community. The meaning of Karra in the implementation of traditional circumcision is constructed as a value that is firmly embedded in the Alor community, both in terms of tradition and religion, becoming a local wisdom value that is maintained in the social changes of modern society. 2. Karra is a social value resulting from knowledge that is outside the environment of each individual Alor community. This karra is then constructed in the implementation of the Traditional Circumcision which contains Islamic values which are exposed through the dialectic of externalization, objectivation and internalization as a reality followed by the people of Alor for generations, the majority of whom are Muslim.