Trengthening traditional institutions of Bali-Hindu community in Mataram during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

This study aims to study the strengthening of traditional institutions in order to strengthen Balinese cultural identity in the Hindu community in Mataram City. This phenomenon is related to the challenges faced by the Balinese-Hindu community in responding to the modernization era and occurrence of Covi-19 which limits social and cultural activities that involve the participation of large numbers of people. This has implications for the tendency to weaken traditional institutions in Balinese-Hindu society. A number of traditional institutions owned by Balinese Hindus in the city of Mataram, such as banjar, kebendesaanan, and krama pura are institutions that can be used to strengthen Balinese cultural identity inspired by Hindu teaching. This research is designed in the form of interpretive descriptive research in order to provide a more in-depth analysis of cultural and religious phenomena that are actualized by Balinese people living in Lombok. The results show that the traditional institutions owned by the Balinese as a legacy of their ancestors in the past, such as the banjar, kebendesaanan, and krama pura today face a number of challenges.