Wetu Telu Research Articles

The Wetu Telu Community’s Customary Chief Influence on the Management of Indigenous Forests in Bayan, North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara

The existence of an institution system and customary chief is very important for the sustainability of customary forest management. This study attempts to explain the function of the traditional chief of Wetu Telu community in the management of indigenous forests in the Bayan Sub-District, North Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province, as well as the institutional framework and changes in that function. Observation, interviews, and documentation were used to collect data. The data obtained was analyzed thematically using Nvivo 12 Software, while a descriptive analysis used the Milles and Huberman Model. The results show that customary chiefs have the following roles: raise public awareness, spearhead conservation efforts, convey moral and spiritual messages, guide and oversee conservation efforts, mediate conflicts of interest related to nature, lead religious activities related to nature, and establish communication and collaboration. The institutional system of the Wetu Telu community’s customary chief consists of several components, including special requirements, an appointment mechanism, personnel, a term of office, a source of income, and a dismissal mechanism. The role of the customary chief in indigenous forest management continues to be strengthened from time to time. The reasons for strengthening the role of the customary chief are the issuance of the Constitutional Court Decision Number 35 of 2012 concerning the status of indigenous forests, the recognition of the success of local wisdom-based forest management patterns, increasing public awareness of the importance of environmental conservation, global warming, and, the development of ecotourism. Keywords: customary chief, indigenous forest management, local government, Wetu Telu community

Development of Islamic Character Education Through The Naqsyabandiyah Qadiriyah Order Among The Sasak Wetu Telu Community

This study aims to analyze the development of Islamic character education through the Naqsyabandiyah Qadiriyah Order among the Sasak Wetu Telu community. As part of the local Islamic tradition, the Wetu Telu community has a unique approach to religious practice and social life. The approach of this order is not only aimed at strengthening spiritual understanding, but also at shaping the moral character of the community through Islamic values, such as honesty, patience, and discipline. The study used a qualitative approach with a field study method involving observation and in-depth interviews with order leaders and the local community. The results of the study indicate that the teachings of the Naqsyabandiyah Qadiriyah Order play a significant role in shaping adaptive Islamic character among the Sasak Wetu Telu such as strengthening Islamic identity, impacts on personal and social life, the role of exemplary tarekat figures, character formation through spiritual discipline, integration of Islam with local culture especially in terms of developing spirituality integrated with local socio-cultural values. These findings confirm that the integration between the order and character education can be a contextual and relevant model of Islamic character development for communities with local Islamic traditions.

MENINGKATKAN NILAI PENDIDIKAN MELALUI TIGA KONSEP DASAR FALSAFAH WETU TELU DI DESA SAPIT

Education is a source of character formation in humans. Education does not only teach about science but also instills life values ​​which are indicators of the usefulness of a science. Wetu Telu as a philosophy of life in the people of Sapit to this day still adheres to the principles of the Wetu Telu philosophy, namely by obeying parents, obeying teachers, and obeying leaders. These three things are the basic concepts in the Wetu Telu philosophy which must be the principles for maintaining harmony both with oneself and among others. In education, these three things become a unity that supports each other as a forum for developing character and knowledge

Environmental Theology and Worship Teaching of Lombok Wetu Telu Old Manuscripts

This study aims to explore the intertwining of two Islamic teachings, namely environmental values and worship practice in three old manuscripts popular among Wetu Telu people in North Lombok. It questions how the three, Serat Rengganis, Usada Rara, and Tuḥfah al-Mursalāh ilā Rūḥ an-Nabī deliver the teaching through its contents about the two themes. Those manuscripts are well known and routinely recited among Wetu Telu in Bayan, a village that routinely holds a ritual called pepaosan. The anthropological method used in this paper relies on primary data through in-depth observation, interviews with relevant parties, as well as manuscript content mapping. The finding shows that environmental values and worship teaching among Wetu Telu in North Lombok are mostly based on those manuscripts with Serat Rengganis as the mostly referred and popular one. The manuscripts likely use metaphors to deliver the teaching which makes it hard to understand the meaning without attending the pepaosan to listen to explanations from the experts. Integration of both teachings is mainly clear from how Wetu Telu people are supposed to behave well to God, fellow humans, and nature. Both individual and social worship of Wetu Telu, like ṣalāt (prayer) and al-ḥajj (pilgrimage), also indicate how the three old manuscripts still play an important role within the community.

Dialectics Between Islam and Local Culture in Wetu Telu Lombok Muslims’ Merariq Tradition: An ‘Urf Perspective

This article discusses dialectical teachings between Islam and local culture among Wetu Telu Muslims, a local community in Lombok, which is often accused of developing a prototype of Islamic teachings mixed with deviant, heterodox, and heretical traditions. The discussion focuses on one form of their traditions that reflects the dialectics, namely the merariq in wedding tradition. By applying a qualitative approach, this study specifically portrayed relevant views of Wetu Telu Muslims which are relatively different from that of orthodox Muslims in Lombok. Based on the results of participatory observation and unstructured in-depth interviews, the study findings reveal that the traditions of the Wetu Telu Muslims, especially in merariq, reflect a dialectical teaching between Islam and local culture so that it can be named as an Islamic tradition. It is also clear that Wetu Telu's teachings are extremely tolerant to the local culture and this is proven, among others, through their wedding tradition. From the ‘Urf perspective, merariq wedding tradition is legitimate for recognition as an Islamic culture or Islamic legal practice even though some aspects of the tradition differ from the general principles of Islamic orthodoxy in Indonesia.

Portrait of Formal Islamic Education in the Wetu Telu Bayan Lombok Indigenous Community

This study aims to describe the picture of Islamic education in the Wetu Telu Bayan indigenous community who still firmly hold local traditional values. This research is qualitative research using a fhenomenology approach. In research, researchers act as the main instrument, data are obtained through interviews, observations and documentation activities and analyzed using the Miles & Huberman model, while the validity of the data is confirmed through extending the observation period, increasing persistence, triangulation, and focus group discussion. The results showed that the process of Islamic education in the indigenous people of wetu telu Bayan was carried out through formal educational institutions pursued through Madrasah Ibtidaiyah, Madrasah Tsanawiyah and Madrasah Aliyah.

Spiritual Education of Tarekat Tuan Guru Haji Muhammad Mutawalli towards Wetu Telu Community

Tuan Guru Haji (TGH) Muhammad Mutawalli is one of the figures who have an important role in shaping and instilling spiritual education for wetu telu worshipers through the naqsyabandiyah wal-qadiriyah tarekat approach. The purpose of this research is to explore and find out TGH Muhammad Mutawalli's opinion on strengthening the spiritual education of the Wetu Telu congregation and the extent to which spiritual education is being strengthened. The method used is qualitative with a phenomenological approach, where this research seeks to uncover the hidden meaning behind the phenomenon of the Wetu Telu community in the Terara sub-district, East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Data collection in this study was conducted using in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation of data found in the field. The results showed that the teachings of TGH Muhammad Mutawalli took the teachings of the Naqsyabandiyah Qadiriyah tarekat as a basis. This tarekat reflects the harmonization of various tarekat teachings, such as Naqsyabandiyah, Syaziliyah, Ghazaliyyah, and Syuhrawardiyyah. The spiritual education of the Sasak Wetu Telu community focuses on developing a love for Allah SWT, respect for nature, oral traditions, literary arts, and pepaosan as a store of spiritual messages. In conclusion, the teachings of TGH Muhammad Mutawalli in strengthening the spiritual education of the wetu telu congregation are indicated by the strength of the spirituality of the wetu telu congregation or the strengthening of belief in Allah SWT, the increasing intensity of worship of the wetu telu congregation, the establishment of houses of worship, and the creation of harmonization in the level of the social life of the community.

Kontestasi Keberagamaan Umat Hindu dan Islam Wetu Telu di Pura Lingsar Lombok Barat

Each religion has a different system of theology, beliefs, religious institutions, and religious practices, in addition to having certain values in common. At the ideal level, religion is believed to be able to create order, integration, and social harmony in society. However, at the empirical level, religion often shows paradoxical phenomena as a source of disintegration and conflict triggered by differences in religious ideology and practice. The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the dynamics of the contestation between Wetu Telu Muslims and Hindus and its implications. The data collection method is carried out by observation techniques, interviews, and document studies. Data analysis was carried out qualitatively based on the social practice theory and phenomenology. This study found that the dynamics of contestation of Wetu Telu Muslims and Hindus in Lingsar Temple represent the influence of modernization and the articulations of religiosity identity in the realm of ideological superstructure, social structure, as well as economic and demographic infrastructure. The implications of this contestation include the polarization of religious practices, the strengthening of group identities, and the struggle for capital resources belonging to Lingsar Temple.

Acculturation of Local Culture and Islamic Teachings in Bayan, North Lombok Regency A Review of Symbolic Interaction in Cultural Communication

Acculturation of Local Culture and Islamic Teachings in Bayan, North Lombok Regency A Review of Symbolic Interaction in Cultural Communication

Inclusive and Exclusive Dynamics in Local Community Wedding Tradition in East Java and West Nusa Tenggara

Local tradition is a pride that creates identity. Each region has their own identity in strengthening the uniqueness of its traditions. Inclusive versus exclusive has a different sense, but both of them have the same sense of preserving, caring, and sustaining local traditions. There are two important things that must be explored in this study; 1), how the wedding traditions in Kediri, East Java, and Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, are comparable? 2), how the uniqueness of each region’s wedding traditi-ons is in realizing inclusive and exclusive local traditions? Based on the wedding traditions comparison, it was found that 1), each region possesses a variety of historical values. 2), the Siman and Wetu Telu community have their own dynamic in responding and sustaining wedding traditions. Blummer’s symbolic theory helps to analyze and deepen the harmonization of the dialectics of local marriage traditions. Community dignity is maintained by preserving the values of local wisdom as a symbol of regional pride in East Java and West Nusa Tenggara. The dialectic through the symbol of marriage is a social fact to maintain the integrity of communal morals, which are framed in communal norms.

Social Construction of Religious Attitude towards Disaster among Victims of Natural Disasters in Palu and Lombok

Every religion has teachings related to the best ways to cope with problems, including those caused by natural disasters. Thus, natural disasters can reshape the construction of religious attitudes among the community. Therefore, this research aims to understand how natural disasters are perceived by religious leaders in the aftermath of earthquakes in Palu and Lombok and how these perceptions impact the community's views on ideal religious attitudes after a disaster.
 This research employs a phenomenological approach with thematic data analysis techniques applied to research data collected through interviews with various religious leaders and community members in Lombok Island and Palu City, two regions that experienced natural disaster events in 2018.
 The research findings suggest that, despite the resurgence of a back-to-nature sentiment following the disasters in Lombok, for the Wetu Telu Muslim community, this sentiment carries a deeper meaning than merely promoting an environmentally conscious way of life. It signifies a return to a way of life rooted in traditions passed down through generations, a way of life that has been eroded by the modernization brought about by the proselytizing efforts of the majority Muslim group over the past five decades. In Palu City, the earthquake and tsunami disaster in 2018 has also shaped the community's perception of disasters and influenced their religious behaviors in the post-disaster society. In general, three common perspectives were identified. First, a majority believes the disaster is a form of divine admonition from Allah due to various deviant behaviors in the society. Second, some believe the disaster is a result of the shifting of the Palu-Koro fault plates, an unavoidable natural event, grounded in empirical knowledge sources and disaster facts. Third, Muslim groups view the disaster as a test from Allah. These three perspectives have essentially shaped a unique religious attitude among the community expressed in various forms of religiosity.

PROSELYTIZING EXPANSION OF TABLIGHI JAMAAT IN WETU TELU INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN BAYAN, NORTH LOMBOK

Tablighi Jamaat's (TJ) proselytizing activity has had a significant impact on improving the religious practices of the community not only in India, where TJ was born and evolved, but also in other nations where they preach, including Indonesia. TJ's da'wah has reached rural places with strong customs. The purpose of this study is to investigate the growth and influence of TJ's da'wah movement in the Wetu Telu Bayan indigenous community in North Lombok. This study employs qualitative data collection approaches such as participant observation, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions. According to the findings of this study, the beginning of TJ's da'wah expansion began with the movement of young people from the hamlet who were still in high school to Jamaah Tabligh's da'wah. He was successful in enticing the community to join by presenting various programs such as Safari Friday (Safari Jumat), a three-day church for spiritual growth. This program was strengthened by the Lombok Uatara Regent's program, namely emotional treatment (Termos) through khuruj, particularly Haji Bakrie, who is also a Tablighi Jamaat figure. This approach is highly effective and has a significant impact on the religious reformation in the Bayan customary region. Another study indicates that TJ members have successfully negotiated their teachings with traditional practices. The society began to renounce traditional practices that were seen incompatible with Islamic teachings.
 

ISLAM BAYAN: AN ANALYSIS OF RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR ON GAMA AND LUIR GAMA TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES IN LOMBOK NTB

This study examined adherents of Islam Bayan or Islam Wetu Telu at the Gama and Luir Gama traditional ceremonies in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. This research uses qualitative methods to understand the religious behaviour of Islam Wetu Telu at Gama and Luir Gama traditional ceremonies. The theories used in this study are social action theory and functional structural theory. The findings of this study reveal that Gama traditional ceremonies consist of various behaviour related to religious celebrations. Meanwhile, the Luir Gama traditional ceremony, which is a ceremonial activity held in connection with the occurrence of a long drought and excessive rainfall. This ceremony is carried out once a year, precisely in the first year of the sewindu, namely the year of Alip. Luir Gama customs can be divided into two types of ceremonies, namely Taik Lauk and Taik Daye. The Taik Lauk ritual is held when facing the changing drought, while the Taik Daye ritual is held when entering the rainy season every year. The main actors, all religious ceremonies are traditional leaders and Kiai Kagungan which the author calls central behaviour. The factors behind the religious behaviour of Islam Wetu Telu in Gama and Luir Gama traditional ceremonies are internal and external factors. Internal factors are related to changes in the attitudes of traditional leaders, willingness to acculturate, and the ability to perform adaptation. Meanwhile, external factors concern the history of the entry of Islam in Lombok, Islamic Da'wah, and Hinduization

Islamic Variant of Sasak: Transition and Dialectics in the Wetu Telu Community in Lombok, Indonesia

Outsiders have often perceived the Wetu Telu community in Lombok as a variant or a splinter of the predominantly Islamic Sasak society's religious system. This article aims to understand the existence of the Wetu Telu community on the island of Lombok from the perspective of both outsiders and insiders with a holistic, interdisciplinary approach. This study uses a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. The research subjects include the Wetu Telu community in and around Lingsar Narmada in West Lombok, the Tanjung area, and several villages in the Bayan district of North Lombok, such as Loloan, Anyar, Akar-Akar, and Mumbul Sari. The required data were collected through observation, in-depth interviews, documentation, and literature studies. Data analysis involved domain, taxonomic, componential, and thematic analysis. The results show that phenomenologically Wetu Telu is a variant of Islamic Sasak that believes in some Islamic doctrinal values, understands and practices religious rituals that have many similarities with the belief systems before the coming of Islam to Lombok and blends with local Sasak cultural traditions or customs. Wetu Telu was born from the historical transition of the development of local belief systems that dialectically interacted with the arrival and development of major religions on the island of Lombok and were intertwined with the socio-cultural and socio-political dynamics of Sasak society. This study significantly contributes to the study of the relationship between “foreign religion” and local culture with a special reference to the Wetu Telu of Sasak people in Indonesia.

KOMUNIKASI BUDAYA DALAM TRADISI NGELOWONG MASYARAKAT SASAK WETU TELU DI LOMBOK

The Sasak Wetu telu indigenous people are a society that still maintains traditions in an effort to preserve and harmonize natural ecosystems. This tradition is still being carried out even though it is increasingly minimal. The purpose of this article is to describe cultural communication in the ngelowong tradition in the Sasak Wetu Telu indigenous people. The research approach uses descriptive qualitative with field research. Data collection is done by observation, documentation, and interviews. The results of the study show that cultural communication in ngelowong by the Sasak indigenous people is an expression to maintain existence, to maintain harmony with nature. Ngelowong is carried out by using natural means as an effort to ward off disturbances or pests to the plants in the fields.

Komunikasi Cultural Resource Management Perang Topat Di Pura dan Kemaliq Lingsar

This study aims to conduct a study of the Communication Cultural Resource Management of Topat War at Lingsar Temple Park. This phenomenon is closely related to the public's contribution as a party that plays a role in socio-cultural interaction in an area. Therefore, intercultural communication can be a means used to achieve common goals. There are three problems in this study, namely the form of communication, communication strategies, and the impact of intercultural communication on the implementation of the Topat War Cultural Resource Management in Lingsar.
 This study uses an interpretive qualitative design of a case study model in order to analyze the communicative events that occurred in the practice of the Topat War holistically as well as to attach the meaning contained in these events.
 The results of this study found three findings that became the answer to the formulation of the problem, namely, 1) The form of intercultural communication in the application of the Topat War Cultural Resource Management in Lingsar, namely inter-ethnic communication and sub-cultural communication because it includes Balinese Hindu community groups and Sasak Islam Wetu Telu as well as the local government. 2) The communication strategy is carried out by maintaining coordination and communication and trying to increase awareness of the preservation of cultural heritage. 3) The impact of intercultural communication can increase government and public awareness to maintain and manage the site.

Etnobotani Tumbuhan Berkhasiat Obat pada Masyarakat Karang Bayan Kabupaten Lombok Barat

Each region has a unique medical culture. The traditional culture of the Sasaknese on Lombok Island has been accustomed to using various types of plants in their traditional medical culture. Those who known to have knowledge and abilities about traditional medicine known as Belian. Knowledge about the types of medicinal plants and the methods and techniques of treatment are generally passed down in the kinship hierarchy.One group of people who are still attached to the tradition of traditional medicine is the special Sasak tribe of the Karang Bayan community, West Lombok. The elders believe that the origin of these communities is from the Bayan region, North Lombok, which is known as a wetu telu area with unique cultural characteristics and relatively preserved local cultural knowledge. Observations, interviews and collection of medicinal plant specimens were carried out in Karang Bayan. Determination of the samples using the snowball method. Data were analyzed descriptively qualitatively by summarizing the results of interviews and parsing various medicinal plants and diseases that are believed to be cured. Furthermore, the data generated and then triangulated (comparing the data obtained with books or journals relating to the research). A total of 47 types of medicinal plants are used to treat 33 types of diseases and symptoms of certain diseases by the Karang Bayan community. Plant parts such as roots, stems, bark, leaves, fruit, seeds, sap, and even the whole plant body are used in medicine. During the compounding process until the application of drugs using certain, Belian (healers) believe that if the procedure is ignored then the patient will not get a cure. This resulted in the formation of strong suggestions in maintaining the traditional treatment procedures for both traditional healers and the patient.

Pergeseran Peran Tuan Guru Dalam Kontestasi Politik Lokal Di Nusa Tenggara Barat

Abstract: This paper reveals the fact that Tuan Guru in the new order era did what Joel Migdal called a social and political exchange network. Where political support for Golkar was exchanged for interests with expanding influence through da'wah throughout Lombok which was used to reduce the hegemony of Wetu Telu Islam. In the Reformation era, there was a shift in Tuan Guru's role from a political mobilizer to a political actor by filling political positions in both executive and legislative positions. Tuan Guru utilizes the democratic electoral system to expand his social and political influence. In his journey, Tuan Guru did what is called Sidel by maintaining his political dominance through the placement of relatives, and cronies as regional heads and members of the regional legislature in various political positions in NTB. Purpose: This paper wants to discuss the role of Tuan Guru in the local political arena from the New Order era to the Reformation era in NTB. Design/Methodology/Approach: This research is a descriptive qualitative research Originality/Value: Similar research to this study is about the influence of Tuan Guru on political contestation in NTB. It's just that it doesn't discuss the shift in the role of Tuan Guru in political contestation, so this paper presents a novelty on the role of Tuan Guru in political contestation in NTB

EXPLANATION THROUGH THE MEDIA OF CULTURAL FIGURE BAYAN (WETUTELU) ON KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS TO CHILDREN ABOUT BALANCED NUTRITION MESSAGES

Background: One of the efforts to overcome nutritional problems is to increase knowledge about nutrition through nutrition counseling. Learning can be influenced by education. People with higher education tend to have a broader understanding and an openness to accept new things. Meanwhile, someone with low education tends to have old thinking patterns and is less open to new things, including powerful areas in holding their customs. One way to influence the community's mindset in such conditions is to use a trusted communication facilitator who can be a role model for the community. So that in this study, the role of traditional leaders is used so that the community is more receptive to the material presented. Objective: To determine the effect of counseling through the media of Wetu Telu Bayan traditional leaders on the knowledge of mothers of children under five about the message of balanced nutrition. Methods: This research is a pre-experimental study that allows testing the changes after the intervention. The research design used is a one-group pre-test-post-test design. Result: An increase in knowledge scores in the form of differences in scores from pretest to post-test. Analysis using Wilcoxon regarding the effect of counseling on balanced nutrition messages by traditional leaders on the knowledge of mothers of children under five, the results were p = 0.00 or p <0.05, meaning that there was an effect. Conclusion: There is an effect of counseling through the media of Wetu Telu Bayan traditional leaders on the knowledge of mothers of children under five about the message of balanced nutrition.

Nilai Konseling Islam pada Budaya Wetu Telu di Kabupaten Lombok Utara

Humans as social beings, of course, need and care for each other in order to live peacefully in their relationship with God, fellow humans and nature. As well as the relationship of religion and culture that are both attached to a person. The purpose of this study was to describe the value of Islamic counseling in the Wetu Telu Culture. To obtain comprehensive information and data, this research uses an ethnographic type of research. The results of the study show that: First, there is an attitude of tolerance that makes people understand each other, appreciate, and understand anything that is done by people who are not of the same belief or descent. Second, the attitude of caring for the environment such as forests and animals which are very well guarded by customs so that they remain sustainable. Good relations are established between fellow Wetu Telu adherents by helping each other, visiting, appreciating and respecting each other, and not only with the Wetu Telu group but also with the newcomers who despite having different beliefs between them