TRADISI PEMINANGAN DAN WALĪMAT AL-‘URS MASYARAKAT MUSLIM SUKU MARIND PAPUA KABUPATEN MERAUKE PERSPEKTIF AKULTURASI BUDAYA

Abstract

The culture of the Marind tribe of Papua has been preserved for a long time to be preserved until today. like the traditional culture of Marind in the tradition of marriage and wedding parties. The Marind people believe in Islam as their religion. so there is an acculturation process in displaying the practice of the tradition. For this reason, this study will examine the tradition of marriage and walīmat al-‘urs, the Muslim community of the Marind Tribe of Papua in a review of cultural acculturation. Qualitative research is used during the research process. In-depth observations and interviews were applied during data collection. This research shows that the Muslim community of the Marind Tribe of Papua in its implementation still uses the traditions of the past because they respect the customs and minority Islam in the family, practice mixed traditions between the two cultures, and eliminate traditions. While the process of cultural acculturation experienced by the people of the Marind tribe of Papua to the tradition of marriage and marriage parties. So that emerged a new tradition of the Marind Muslim community. This research also results that the Muslim community of Marind tribe upholds the customs that prioritize the appreciation and practice with the content of customary values, but on the other hand also fulfills all matters relating to sharia in Islamic culture. The occurrence of cultural contact meetings between Marind and religious customs, according to this study does not indicate a process of rejection.