ORIENTASI NILAI BUDAYA DANPOTENSI KONFLIK SOSIAL BATAK TOBAMUSLIM DAN KRISTEN DI SUMATERA UTARA(Studi Kasus Gajah Sakti Kabupaten Asahan)*Sakti RitongaIAIN Sumatera Utararitongasakti@ymail.comAbstractIn socio-cultural sense, cultural value orientation of Batak Toba people could be the media of social integration as well as potential in engendering social conflict. The meaning of Toba cultural value orientation in practical terms differs between those of Muslims and Christians. Migration process, cultural adaptation and Islam, each implys important roles in this regard. Yet, a long course of history, these processes tend to bring theme into two social groups competing with one another.This paper focuses on the analysis of cultural value orientation of Batak Toba and its relation to potential as well as social conflicts of Batak Toba community of Gajah Sakti of Asahan district, North Sumatra. The author found that the levels of Batak-value is lower among those Muslims of Toba compare to their Christians counterparts. It is based on the fact that the teaching of and their submission to Islam give rise a cultural conception of selection process at the level of conceptual and practical. Potential conflicts of Batak Toba than is higher to the other sub-tribes of Batak. The sources of conflict related to the struggle of realizing the value of culture, among others hamoraon, which is a source of perpetual conflict among Batak Toba.
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