Pendampingan Sosial Masyarakat Kokoda Tentang Makna “Torang Basodara” Antar Etnis Di Kota Sorong Dalam Perspektif Pendidikan Multikulturalisme

Abstract

Metode yang digunakan dalam pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah ceramah bervariasi dan dialog. Sasaran dari kegiatan ini adalah masyarakat Kokoda yang bermukim di Jalan Viktori Km 9 Sorong, Papua Barat. Hasil dari kegiatan ini adalah pencerahan tentang makna “torang basodara” antar suku di Papua Barat, harus ada kegiatan pendampingan yang harus dilakukan berulang kali melalui penataan kesadaran dan pola pikir generasi muda. di suku Kokoda. Hal menarik yang penulis temukan dalam kegiatan ini adalah tradisi “gelar tikar” sebagai cerita tradisional, menjadi wadah yang baik untuk membahas segala permasalahan yang muncul dalam kehidupan sehari-hari.

Multispecies marginality: Mangroves and migrant Papuans in the margins of urban colonisation

“…One of the tribes (suku) that cleared the forest and occupied the land of Sorong is the Kokoda, people who are a mix of Muslims and Christians. Kokoda Muslims are influenced by the sultanate of Tidore, an Islamic sultanate that was located in the northern Moluccas and spread its influence to western Papua in the eighteenth century (Muridan, 2009;Wahid et al, 2021). When the Kokoda moved to Sorong, their status became that of migrant, or pendatang.…”

Kokoda People: Mobilization, Marginalization and Their Economic Lives in Sorong, Southwest Papua

“…The Kokoda people have been the bridge and energy in the process of national integration, but their lives and existence are again questioned and perceived in a negative light. A social stereotype constrains the perception that others have of them, not just in terms of the household economic affairs they carry out, but also in their struggles for economic and social improvement and their continued survival (Arsyad, Wahid, & Saeni 2021).…”

“…The results of research by Widodo and Wekke (2020, p. 4) explain that the Kokoda people are looking for the right way to improve the circumstances of their children, although so far, they have only had modest success. In addition, research conducted by Arsyad, Wahid, and Saeni (2021) on 'the meaning of family religion in the oral stories of the Kokoda people' concludes that the Kokoda people place a very high value on inter-religious tolerance, and even that the implications of these tolerance values have become part of the value system that exists in the Kokoda community. One form of tolerance is by helping each other celebrate religious holidays.…”