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$D:\Jurnal Handep\Data Terjemaha$ URGENCY OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN PLURAL SOCIETY (CASE STUDY IN SINGKAWANG CITY) Karel Juniardi and Emusti Rivasintha Marjito History Education Study Program IKIP PGRI Pontianak Address in Ampera No 88, Pontianak [email protected] and [email protected] Received on February 2, 2018, Approved on May 22 2018 Translator Parulian Simangunsong ABSTRACT This study aims to determine the general picture, cultural tradition, and the urgency of multicultural education in the school of Singkawang City. This research applies qualitative research method in form of stuck case study strategy. Sources of data applied are informants, places and events, documents, and literature. Data validity applied triangulation and data interactive analysis techniques. Based on the research, it is known that multicultural education in Singkawang City is important to give tolerance attitude in plural society life. One form of education is in the form of cultural ceremonies that are included as a subject in school. Keywords: education, multicultural, and plural. A. PREFACE Singkawang City is one of 14 In this era of globalization, both of districts/cities in West Kalimantan economically and culturally, the study Province. Initially, Singkawang was a of the world’s population concerning village part of the Sambas Sultanate the characteristics and dynamics of the region as a haven for traders and gold population, types of socio-cultural miners from the Monterado area change, and the factors that are caused (Monterado is now a sub-district in is increasingly prevalent. The study Bengkayang Regency, located east of turned out to involve various social Singkawang). Miners and traders sciences, including demographics, mostly come from China. Before going economics, sociology, geography, to Monterado, first, they rest in psychology, politics and so on (Widiarto Singkawang. Similarly, the gold miners and Suwarso, 2007: 62-63). One of the at Monterado often rested in objects of this study is the plural Singkawang to release their fatigue. community in Singkawang City. Singkawang is also a transit point for Handep, Vol.1, No. 2, June 2018 there are many temples which are places generations and still persists until now. of Chinese ethnic worship. The city is Most of these industries are in the also nicknamed “the city of a thousand Sakkok area of Sedau Sub-District, temples” because there are many South Singkawang District. The results temples which are places of Chinese of Singkawang ceramics are traded to ethnic worship. The existence of the domestic market and some even temples in the homeland and including extend to foreign countries. Ceramics in the city of Singkawang since made by Sakok are very interesting and hundreds of years ago, since the artistic in the style of the Ming Dynasty. Chinese people migrated to Indonesia His trademark lies in the design of during the late Tang Dynasty. After Singkawang which is often used by settling down, they introduced the tourists who come to Singkawang. culture, including religious missions by Except for Chinese, other ethnic establishing a place of worship called groups such as ethnic Dayaks also often the temple (Yoest, 2008: 9). Temples in hold events Naik Dango ceremony if the life of the Chinese community serve they are has finished harvesting rice. as religious and social places. Every There is also the ceremony of Saprahan Chinese settlement is always equipped on Melayus ethnicity as a form of with temples (Rahmayani, 2014: 119). gratitude to God for the blessings that Temples are often referred to as have been given. monasteries. In Singkawang kelenteng The description above shows that or the famous monastery is the Tri study of plural society which is Dharma Bumi Raya Temple, Vihara important in the city of Singkawang to Dewi Kwan Im, Vihara of the Heaven do. Besides this study important due to of Hell. In addition to places of worship, the entry of The Western values are ethnic Chinese in Singkawang also hold entering through the flow of traditional Chinese ceremonies, Cap Go globalization among the people Meh, and Sembahyang Kubur. This Indonesia is a threat to an indigenous tradition is closely related to Confucius’ culture that portrays the type locality of teachings which are held firmly by the regions in this country. overseas ethnic Chinese. This teaching Conventional cultures that place tepo was still carried and applied in new seliro, tolerance, hospitality, respect for Chinese ethnic settlements to preserve the older is also eroded by free the culture and beliefs that originated association and the individualistic from their ancestral lands. attitude brought about by the flow of Chinese ethnicity also makes the globalization. In such situations, ceramics which are still made mistakes in responding to globalization traditional, which is using dragon can result in the disappearance of local furnaces. The ceramics industry in culture. The mistake in formulating Singkawang has been managed for strategies to maintain the existence of Urgency of Multicultural (Karel Juniardi and Emusti Rivasintha) local culture can also lead to the symptoms according to what they are increasingly abandoned local culture of at the time the research was conducted. a society which is now increasingly In the activity, various data will be infatuated with the culture carried by explored relating to the urgency of globalization (Alma, 2010: 143). Based multicultural education in plural on the description above, this paper societies in Singkawang City, West discusses the following problems 1) Kalimantan. The data source used in how about the general description about this study called as (1) informant. Singkawang? , 2) how about the Informants included Chinese, Malay, cultural traditions in Singkawang? , 3) and other community. leaders as well how about the urgency of multicultural as cultural practitioners in Singkawang education in Singkawang City schools? City; (2) place of conducting research This research was conducted in in Singkawang City; (3) documents in Singkawang City, West Kalimantan. the form of newspaper documents, This city has a pluralistic life that needs photographs and others; and (4) to be preserved. The study began from literature studies to complement theory September to December 2017. This and discussion. Data collection study uses a type of qualitative research, techniques used to, namely (1) direct the data collected is mainly in the form observation that is passive participation of words, sentences or images that have in the form of observation of research a more meaningful meaning and are objects; (2) in-depth interviews; (3) able to spur a more real understanding review documents; and (4) analysis of than just a number or frequency literature. The validity of the data presentation (Sutopo, 2006: 40). On the developed is the source triangulation basis of the form of the research, this technique and the method triangulation. research was conducted in three stages, Triangulation of data (source) is an namely the orientation stage, the option because it can take advantage of exploration phase, and the member different types of data sources, while check stage. triangulation of methods is done to The used of strategy is a single further solidify the results of data fixed case study because it focuses on collection and then the results are used cases, namely the urgency of to draw data conclusions that are more multicultural education in plural valid (Sutopo, 2006: 91-96). societies in Singkawang City. In addition to these reasons, the researcher B. RESULT AND DISCUSSION limits the formulation of the problem 1. General Description of The before going to the field. Descriptive Singkawang City study is research that is intended to Singkawang City is on the coast West gather information about the status of Kalimantan Island, precisely at West existing symptoms, namely the state of Kalimantan Province. This area is Handep, Vol.1, No. 2, June 2018 unique, both in terms of geography and one of Chinatown in Indonesia because socio-culture. This region is located on the majority of the population is Hakka the coast of the sea and has a (around 42%) or Chinese. Furthermore, background of several mountains, Singkawang is inhabited by Malays, including Mount Poteng, Mount Pasi, Dayaks, Javanese, Madurese, and other Gunung Raya, and Mount Sakok. This migrants. The populations are geographical condition underlies the increasing every year with a population naming of Singkawang by the Chinese growth rate in 2006 of 5.6%. This is community, which is derived from the because Singkawang has become a word San Kew Jong which literally trading city in terms of production and means the Mountain of the Mouth of distribution so it attracts the other the Sea. While for the Malay people residents to live in Singkawang. And in who are part of the settlers in 2010, it was recorded that the Singkawang say Singkawang comes population of Singkawang had reached from the word Tengkawang which is a 186,462 peoples (Population Census type of fruit that is widely grown in the Report of the Central Statistics Agency, area. The naming would be related to 2010). the tengkawang trade in the Dutch East Chinese society included Hakka Indies era which was one of the people who settled in have strong ties profitable commodities (Rahmayani, to their religious life also includes the 2010: 13). concept of cosmology. Chinese people In this time, Singkawang City has trust is generally influenced by their an administrative area of 504 km², traditional teachings namely Taoism, divided into 5 (five) sub-districts Buddhism, and Confucianism. After covering 26 sub-districts. The being forced to be in “uniformity” by geographically located between 108 ° the New Order government, 52´ 14,19" to 109 ° 09´ 44.22 “East Confucianism began to return Longitude and 00 ° 44´ 57.57” until 01 developed in the Singkawang region ° 00´ 48.65" North Latitude. In the north and its surroundings in the post- area is bordering with Selakau Sub- reformation period.

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