THE PRACTICAL SENSE OF INTERRELIGIOUS HARMONY: SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN THE RUWATAN DESA TRADITION IN LUBUK SEBERUK VILLAGE
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https://doi.org/10.31330/penamas.v38i1.891Keywords:
Ruwatan Desa, Sens pratique, Interfaith Harmony, Multiculturalism, Cultural RitualsAbstract
Indonesia’s cultural diversity is both a source of national wealth and a potential ground for intergroup conflict. This study highlights the practice of interreligious harmony in Lubuk Seberuk Village, a community known for its religious and cultural pluralism. Employing a qualitative case study approach, data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using an interactive interpretive model. The findings indicate that harmony is sustained through a collective habitus embedded in everyday cultural practices. The Ruwatan Desa ritual plays a pivotal role as a space for social integration. Beyond its religious symbolism, this ritual reinforces trust, mutual recognition, and solidarity among interfaith communities. It reflects Bourdieu’s concept of sens pratique, where individuals instinctively enact dispositions aligned with an ethos of harmony—not as a result of rational deliberation, but as an outcome of cultural memory and ongoing social interaction. The Ruwatan Desa demonstrates that local traditions can serve as effective instruments for fostering peace and interreligious coexistence in multicultural societies.
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Farnsworth, K. B., Emerson, T. E., & Hughes, R. E. (2021). Havana Tradition Platform Pipe Production and Disposition: Implications for Interpreting Regional Variation in Midwestern Hopewell Ceremonialism. American Antiquity, 86(4), 696–714. https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2021.34
Fukuyama, F. (2000). Social Capital and Civil Society. IMF Working Papers, 00(74), 1. https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451849585.001
Gaitho, N. (2022). CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREVAILING WORLDVIEWS AND VALUE SYSTEMS IN RELATION TO HOW THEY. European Journal of Social Sciences Studies, 2004, 10–30. https://doi.org/10.46827/ejsss.v7i2.1210
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Iagafova, E. (2021). The dynamics of religiosity and modern religious practices in the chuvash village. Etnografia, 2021(2), 72–97. https://doi.org/10.31250/2618-8600-2021-2(12)-72-97
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Jalaludin, N. M., & Abdullah, M. H. (2020). Changes in Siwang Ritual of the Bah Lut Group at Kampung Bukit Terang, Kampar, Perak. Kemanusiaan, 27(1), 25–43. https://doi.org/10.21315/kajh2020.27.1.2
Jia, J. (2021). Formation of the traditional Chinese state ritual system of sacrifice to mountain and water spirits. Religions, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12050319
Khan, N. (2022). Case Study as a Method of Qualitative Research (pp. 452–472). https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3881-7.ch023
Khotimah, K. (2024). The Role of Religious Leaders in Social Development and Religious Harmony : A Historical Sociological Study of Islamic Religious Leaders in the 21st Century. 4(2), 57–68.
Kusmadi, E. (2025, March 3). 4 Tradisi Ramadan di Sumatera Selatan. Linggaupos.co.id, 1–2.
Majid, M. K., Setiawan, M. N. H., & Izzah, A. N. (2024). Fostering Religious Harmony: The Role of Religious Leaders in Pancasila Village, Indonesia. Abrahamic Religions: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama, 4(2), 189–199. https://doi.org/10.22373/arj.v4i2.25818
Mary, S. M. (1987). Bourdieu, the Sociology of Culture and Cultural Studies: A Critique. European Journal of Communication, 427–453.
Mazurkiewicz, P. (2020). Wielokulturowość a multikulturalizm. Chrześcijaństwo, Świat, Polityka. Zeszyty Społecznej Myśli Kościoła,(24), 242–264.
Melidoro, D. (2020). Dealing with diversity. A Study in contemporary liberalism. In Oxford University Press (Issue December).
Mohamed Ghouse, M. (2022). Shaping Pluralistic Cohesive Societies. Academicus International Scientific Journal, 26, 154–160. https://doi.org/10.7336/academicus.2022.26.10
Muhsin, I., Achmad Maimun, & Sukron Ma’mun. (2024). Habitus of Interreligious Harmony in a Central Java Village. Millah: Journal of Religious Studies, 579–610. https://doi.org/10.20885/millah.vol23.iss2.art3
Musaeva, M. K. (2024). THE ROLE OF FIRE IN THE TRADITIONAL RITUAL CULTURE OF DAGESTANI PEOPLES. History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus, 20(3), 697–708. https://doi.org/10.32653/CH203697-708
Musaeva, M. K., & Solovyova, L. T. (2022). THE RITE OF CIRCUMCISION AMONG THE PEOPLES OF THE CAUCASUS. History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus, 18(2), 497–518. https://doi.org/10.32653/CH182497-518
Prasetyowati, A. (2024). Kecamatan Lempuing Jaya Dalam Angka 2024.
Purwandari, R., Aprilia, N., & Sir, T. A. K. (2022). Peran Forum Kerukunan Umat Beragama dalam Menyelesaikan Konflik Keagamaan. JIE (Journal of Islamic Education), 7(2), 198. https://doi.org/10.52615/jie.v7i2.261
Ramírez, P. E. M. (2021). The deer and the donkey: Indigenous ritual and survivance in Nicaragua's el güegüense. Latin American Research Review, 56(4), 919–933. https://doi.org/10.25222/larr.1143
Ritzer, G., & Goodman, D. (2003). Sociological Theory. McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated.
Rukiyah. (2017). Ruwatan dalam Masyarakat Jawa. Jurnal Kajian Kebudayaan, 3. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14710/sabda.3.2.%p
Sari, I. M. (2025, 21 January). Pemekaran Ogan Komering Ilir: Jejak Sejarah, Tujuan Besar, dan Masa Depan Dua Kabupaten. Musianapedia, 1–1.
Sopiyan, W., Hidayat, R. H., Setiawati, R., & Hadi, F. N. (2022). Integrasi Sosial Dalam Masyarakat Beragama Sebagai Mediasi Konflik Sosial. El-Ghiroh, 20(02), 219–234. https://doi.org/10.37092/el-ghiroh.v20i02.381
Yang, N., Suwanthada, P., & Kong, R. (2025). Identity, Spiritual Transformation and the Construction of Group Imagination in the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The Journal of Mind and Behaviour, 46(1), 57–74.
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