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- Title
ISLAM AND ARAT SABULUNGAN IN MENTAWAI.
- Authors
Delfi, Maskota
- Abstract
The remoteness of the Mentawai Islands has contributed to an almost autonomous development, unaided by mainland Sumatra. As a result of a well endowed environment and supported by staple local foods such as sago, taro and bananas, as well as an abundance of wildlife including wild boars, a finely tuned self-sufficiency was realised. In this space the management and distribution of food, including animal protein, is an important aspect of the culture of Arat Sabulungan. As the result of the compulsory state sanctioned religions program introduced in 1954, some Mentawaians have converted to Islam or Catholicism as their formal religious identity. However, a remarkable adaptation occurred in which the layers of Mentawai identity were not lost in the adaption to the Islamic faith. Islam with its teachings, and other formal religions, are considered as the sasareu (outsiders). The prohibition of consuming boar as part of islamic rules is a sasareu rules that contradict to Mentawaian Arat .
- Subjects
MENTAWAI Islands (Indonesia); ISLAM &; other religions; CATHOLIC Church
- Publication
Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 2013, Vol 51, Issue 2, p476
- ISSN
0126-012X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14421/ajis.2013.512.475-499