POLA PEMELIHARAAN IDENTITAS ETNIK (Studi tentang Komunitas Bali di Kepenghuluan Pasir Putih Kecamatan Bagan Sinembah Kabupaten Rokan Hilir)

Abstract

Community etnhic Bali is Balinese population mobility in 1962 to the North Sumatera
region through a rubber plantation company and ended his tenure in 1979. In 1988 until
1989 most people Bali descendants migrated to Riau region, preasury in Pasir Putih village,
Bagan Sinembah district. Some communities immigrants and discendants of the relatively
small of people survival strategis as a newcomer to this day. To analyze the data and
research conducted with qualitative methods. This research make the entire population as a
subject of research plus two key informants. This research conducted in the Kampung Bali
located in RT 01 RW 02 Dusun Sumber Makmur, Pasir Putih village. The research revealed
the social system and adaptation communities ethnic Bali. system social of ethnic Bali in
Kampung Bali is complete unity. Specifically: confidence and knowledge, feelings, goals,
positions and roles, norm, level and rank, power, facilities and infrastucture. The elements
are interconnected to form an orderly society. Adaptation known though culture systems,
such as tools and equipment life, livelihood and economics system, social systems, kinships
system, political systems, languages, arts, religion systems and knowledge systems. Identity
ethnic Bali in Bagan Sinembah make the identities are traditional measure of society. In
addition to the original identity of the Balinese people, also formed a new identity after living
in the area Bagan Sinembah. The identity is an adaptation to region they in habbit today.
Key words : maintanance of identity, community, adaptation, ethnic Bali