PATOMAN SEBAGAI DESA KEBANGSAAN DI KABUPATEN BANYUWANGI

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Identification of the emergence of a nationality village in Patoman village needs to
be done, this is done because Patoman village has the potential of various types of
heterogeneous communities in terms of religion, culture or ethnicity. So it needs to
be traced and further studies need to be done on the identification of villages that are
included in the elements of nationalism village. This becomes important and serves
as a basis for reference to the grouping of villages that have an element of pluralism
and will later be designated as a nationality village. On the other hand can be used
as a reference and input by local governments in providing policies regarding the
existence of a nationality village. Besides that, support from the local government
related to the promotion of the potential / superiority of culture, ethnicity, villages
and regions in Banyuwangi is very intensively carried out, as evidenced by the many
festivals that are held and scheduled every one year. This research is to identify
villages that have the potential to become nationality villages in which there are
various criteria or elements that have been fulfilled, one of which is the composition
of religion, culture, ethnicity and the form of tolerance that is maintained and
sustainability, from the results of its study can be used as foothold for policy makers,
especially the Banyuwangi local government and related ministries. This research
uses a qualitative approach with a case study design and uses a phenomenological
perspective. The selection of respondents using snowball sampling, namely the
village and district government in Blimbingsari, community leaders, religious
leaders, Banyuwangi National Mixing Forum and cultural figures. From the results
of the research it can be seen that the tolerance value of patoman society and its
diversity is very close and very good in community relations can be seen from the
implementation of mutual values and religious tolerance.
Keywords: Identification, village, patoman nationality