Genealogical and Cultural Fusion in the Pegayaman Muslim Community Ida Bagus Putra Yadnya*, Ni Made Dhanawaty, Ni Made Wiasti, Ni Nyoman Seri Malini
Univeristas Udayana
Abstract
This paper aims to examine (1) socio-cultural fusion in the development of the life of the Pegayaman community and (2) the strengthened and neglected features of the fusion process. It is a qualitative descriptive study applying the method of documentation and interviews based on the axioms of the cultural fusion theory proposed by Kim (2001) and Kramer (2000) in the analysis stage. The results showed that, in general, the Pegayaman community was formed through a genealogical fusion process between Javanese men and Balinese women through marriage. In the next development, what happened was not intercultural fusion or interfaith fusion, but there was a fusion between Balinese culture and Islam. This gave birth to a number of small fusions that gave color to the cultural and religious life of the Pegayaman community, including fusion in the culinary field like lawar, singing in the art of burdah, fusion in making names, using Balinese first names, and fusion of activities in the implementation of religious holidays. Religion is at the heart of all existing fusion. Activities ahead of the holiday are considered peripheral, which is the core of the id prayers and they clearly say that the pre-holiday activities are not worshiped.
Keywords: cultural fusion, genealogy, culture, community
