Út a békéhez: az együttélési gyakorlat kulturális öröksége Kelet-Indonéziában, a pela gandong
Path to the Peace: Cultural Heritage of Social Cohabitation in Eastern-Indonesia, the Pela Gandong

Summary/Abstract: The paper introduces the reader into the archaic alliance system of pela gandong, evolved historically in Maluku, the eastern archipelago of Indonesia, that serves the maintenance of social peace. In the region the local communities are fragmented by their ethnic origin, language, religion, and culture, but pela gandong helps to preserve the social peace and offers proper knowledge for us to be able to manage the reality overburdened by threatening conflicts. The first part of the paper sheds light on the sociohistorical background processes and through them explains the causes as well as the features of development of pela gandong. The second part of the text interprets the complex role of pela gandong that contributes to the maintenance of social peace in Maluku in the post-war period. Moreover, this section also contains a short overview of the implementation of pela gandong into the school education system.

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