Mora, Kahanggi, and Anak Boru as a Local Culture of Batak-Angkola Community in Maintaining Muslim-Christian Harmony in Sipirok, Tapanuli Selatan

Abstract

This research aimed to describe the portrait of inter-religious harmony and the approach adopted by Muslims and Christians in Sipirok in nurturing a harmonious relationship through the local culture system, namely Mora, Kahanggi and Anak Boru. This study employed an ethnographic approach with data collection techniques involving observation, interviews, and documentation. Miles and Huberman’s interactive analysis model was used as the data analysis technique. The results of the study showed that the effort to maintain the interreligious harmony in Sipirok has so far been carried out by the Muslim-Christian community through the role of Mora, Kahanggi and Anak Boru as a kinship system in the ethnic Batak-Angkola community in Sipirok District, Tapanuli Selatan Regency. The result also indicated that the efforts to nurture the harmonious Muslim-Christian relationship have been carried out by the residents of Sipirok by prioritizing four aspects, namely (a) the relationship in the social aspects, (b) the relationship in the economic aspects, (c) the relationship in the customary aspects, and (d) the relationship in the socio-religious aspects.