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