This article examines the mertuq tradition among the Sasak people, who are faced with sophisticated modern medical tools in treating diseases. This study uses a quantitative descriptive model. Data were obtained from in-depth interviews with several key informants selected using purposive techniques. The research was conducted in Wakan Village, Jerowaru District, East Lombok Regency. This study indicates that the existence of the mertuq treatment of the Sasak community cannot be separated from the belief and trust in carrying it out. The people of Wakan Village still maintain mertuq as traditional medicine in overcoming disease even though medical treatment has been so rapid. The people of Wakan Village believe in the magic and efficacy of Mertuq's therapy because it is part of their ancestral heritage. Abstrak Artikel ini mengkaji tentang eksistensi tradisi mertuq di kalangan masyarakat sasak, yang berhadapan dengan canggihnya alat pengobatan modern dalam mengobati penyakit. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif model deskriptif. Data diperoleh dari wawancara mendalam kepada beberapa informan kunci yang dipilih menggunakan teknik purposive. Penelitian dilakukan di Desa Wakan, Kecamatan Jerowaru, Kabupaten Lombok Timur. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa eksistensi pengobatan mertuq masyarakat sasak tidak terlepas dari keyakinan dan kepercayaan dalam menjalankannya. Masyarakat Desa Wakan tetap mempertahankan mertuq sebagai pengobatan tradisional dalam mengatasi penyakit walaupun perkembangan pengobatan medis telah begitu pesat. Masyarakat Desa Wakan mempercayai akan kesaktian dan kemanjuran pengobatan mertuq  karena bagian dari warisan nenek moyang mereka.

Penelitian ini membahas tentang peran tokoh agama dalam membangkitkan minat baca al-Barzanji di masyarakat Desa Banyu Urip, Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB). Dahulu masyarakat aktif dalam menjalankan kegiatan baca al-Barzanji keliling sehingga menumbuhkan rasa kesolidan antar masyarakat. Akan tetapi, di zaman yang sudah globalisasi ini, tradisi pembacaan al-Barzanji tersebut mulai mengalami pergeseran. Peran tokoh agama sangat dibutuhkan dalam hal ini agar masyarakat di daerah tersebut senantiasa melakukan kegiatan pembacaan al-Barzanji yang dilakukan pada setiap malam Jum'at dengan cara memberikan edukasi kepada masyarakat setempat. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan emosional kepada masyarakat dalam melakukan kegiatan al-Barzanji, hal ini diharapkan dapat menjadi daya tarik masyarakat setempat untuk senantiasa ikut serta dalam mengikuti acara tradisi rutinitas tersebut. Kurangnya antusiasme masyarakat terlebih orangtua dalam mengajarkan anak-anaknya untuk

This article discusses gender, especially in women’s job qualifications, and provides opportunities for women in society. Gender issues are expected to be addressed, but what about the people of Wakan village who still use patriarchal culture daily? It causes women to be unable to work according to their talents. This study refers to Foucault's theory of knowledge and power regime. In contrast, the research method uses descriptive qualitative research, so the data collection technique uses a depiction of people’s lives that are happening now. The results show that women in Wakan Village still experience discrimination by men, especially in society, both in public and other spaces. It started from the community’s belief in seeing these women so that the role of women was still minimal in any case. Even though both men and society provide opportunities for women, every opportunity is still supervised by men, so all opportunities and roles of women cannot equal the roles of men, which causes women to be subordinated.

This research is a qualitative research that discusses the Hiziban tradition as a routine ritual of the community in the village of Barabali, West Nusa Tenggara. Qualitative research is research that produces descriptive data in the form of written or spoken words consisting of observable behaviors. The focus of this research is how the implementation of Hiziban activities in the community in the village of Barabali, what factors influence the continuation of the tradition and how the hiziban tradition affects the religious behavior of the community. From this research it was found that Hiziban Hiziban is a tradition of reading prayers in groups whose prayers are selected prayers compiled by the founder of Nahdlatul Wathan, namely, TGH. Zainuddin Abdul Madjid. Hiziban has become an inherent routine in the Barabali village community. By carrying out the Hiziban tradition, namely, remembrance and prayer, they will reassure their hearts, bring blessings in life and are believed to also benefit everyone who is carrying out hiziban.