Genealogical And Cultural Fusion In The Muslim Community Of Pegayaman

Abstract

, People involved in cultural transitions due to migration must adapt to their new social environment and decide how and / or whether they will integrate themselves into the host culture. They have to cope with new cultural and social pressures and standards. This paper aims to show socio-cultural fusion in the continuity of life of the Pegayaman Muslim diaspora community. This research uses a qualitative approach with three methods including participatory observation, interview, and survey methods, supported by focus group discussion (FGD). The analysis was based on the axioms of cultural fusion theory proposed by Kim (2001) and Kramer (2000). 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, singing in the art of burdah , fusion in naming system, using Balinese first names, and activities in the implementation of religious holidays. Religion is at the heart of all existing fusion.