Baileo as a peace model for Christian and Muslim communities in Maluku

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ID21493045
AuthorsResa Dandirwalu (Universitas Kristen Indonesia), Husnul Qodim (0000-0002-9797-2142, Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung)
Year2021
Volume77
Issue3
Publication date2021-06-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0259-9422 • E-ISSN: 2072-8050
PublisherAOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.4102/hts.v77i3.6529
OpenAlexW3176104055
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

This article aims at analysing Baileo as a peace model for Christian and Muslim communities from the gandong countries in Maluku. The countries include Hutumuri (Christian), Christian Sirisori, Islamic Sirisori and Tamilou (Islam). Baileo as a peace model was lost during the 1999 social conflict in Maluku. Baileo ( bale ) is a place to discuss problems and a place for implementation of customary rituals in the country, whilst gandong is a relationship between two or more countries based on blood or hereditary relations. The approaches used are cultural anthropology and functional theology. This research study uses a qualitative research method with observation and interview techniques for data collection and Appreciative Inquiry (AI) model for data analysis. As shown in the Results and Discussion section, firstly, Baileo is a place to create solidarity between Christian and Muslim communities because of the gandong ties between them, which were very good before the conflict; secondly, the local traditions of Baileo and gandong have become a meeting point for Christian and Muslim communities because Baileo has sacred values, and gandong has mutual care and protection values as an implementation of ancestral promise; thirdly, reviving the fraternal solidarity of Christian and Muslim communities based on collective memory through shared awareness, cultural romanticism and retelling; and fourthly, the implementation of the traditional ritual of the inauguration of Raja Hutumuri in Baileo as a manifestation of peace for Christian and Muslim communities in Maluku because of the absence of mutual suspicion and equality between Christianity and Muslims. Contribution: The contribution of this study is that local culture, in this case Baileo , is very relevant for solutions or a common ground for resolving socio-religious conflicts at local, national and global levels. Thus, it needs to be developed continuously

Christianity · Islam · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Theology · Asian Studies and History · Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia · Gender Studies · Law · Multicultural Education and Local Wisdom · Philosophy · Religious studies

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