Political Culture Orientation of the Gayo Tribe in the Election of a District Head in 2017 in Lot Kala Village Kebayakan Sub District, Central Aceh District

Abstract

The political culture in a society in one area has a unique orientation towards the political system, this condition also applies to the Gayo tribe. The Gayo tribe is an ethnic group that inhabits the Gayo highlands in the central part of Aceh Province. The traditional territory of the Gayo tribe includes the districts of Bener Meriah, Aceh Tengah and Gayo Lues. In addition, the Gayo tribe also inhabits parts of Southeast Aceh, Aceh Tamiang and East Aceh. The Gayo tribe is Muslim and they are known to be devout in their religion and they use the Gayo language in their daily conversations. According to the community story, the Gayo tribe was formed by the Linge Kingdom, which was a Gayo kingdom in the Linge area of Central Aceh. This paper examines the political cultural orientation of the Gayo tribe in the election of a district head in 2017. The problem formulation of this paper are: First, how is the political culture of the Gayo tribe? Second, what is the orientation and political culture of the Gayo Tribe in the 2017 election of a district head in Lot Kala Village, Kebayaan District, Central Aceh Regency? The method used in this research was descriptive qualitative. From the results of the study, it is known that the Gayo people in Lot Kala village have a participant political culture because the Gayo tribe is very enthusiastic in choosing the Regent / Deputy Regent in the 2017 District Heads Election. Meanwhile, the political cultural orientation of the Gayo tribe in Lot Kala Village is classified as an affective orientation due to emotional ties and has a very close kinship in the customs owned by the Gayo tribe in Lot Kala Village. It can be seen from the Gayo tribe people who choose a life partner who comes from the native of Gayo tribe. The relationship between orientation and political culture in the Gayo Tribe tends to elect District head candidates who have the same ethnic background and tend to dislike District heads candidates who have affiliations and are paired with candidates from other tribes.

Intergenerational Transmission of Gayo Language in Bener Meriah, Aceh

“…language itself(Rahman et al, 2021).The research location is in the Bener Meriah district which consists of 10 sub-districts namely, Tanah JamboAye District in North Aceh district, Tamiang Hulu District in Aceh Tamiang district, Blangkejeren District in Gayo Lues district, Silih Nara, Laut Tawar, Bebesan, Bintang, and Linge districts. in Central Aceh district, Bandar district.…”