Interactions Of Galiau Traditional Alliances In Socio-Trancendental Conflicts: The Formation Of The Alor Government (A Trancendental Study of the Alor Ethnic Group)

Arief Budiono(1*), Syarifuddin Darajad(2), Zainur Wula(3), Baginda Ali(4), Siti Syahida Nurani(5),

(1) Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
(2) Universitas Muhammadiyah Kupang
(3) Universitas Muhammadiyah Kupang
(4) Universitas Muhammadiyah Kupang
(5) Universitas Muhammadiyah Kupang
(*) Corresponding Author
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23917/jtl.v4i2.21953

Abstract

The existence of Alor as a Regency is inseparable from the political history of tribal kingdoms associated with the Galiau Watang Lema (GWL) traditional alliance in the coastal Alor and Pantar areas. This research analyzed the political journey of the GWL traditional alliance up to the formation of Alor Regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. This research used Dahrendorf’s conflict theory especially in the transcendental perspective which sees society’s change processes that are in conflict and that as social beings one of the conflict solver was transcendental mind, humans have roles in the events of social disintegration and change without any internal controls. This research was a qualitative type. The data used were secondary data and data from in-depth interviews. Results showed that the Alor social conflicts of was a blend of local political elites, interests of the Ternate Sultanate, interests of Portuguese and Dutch colonials, and nationalist movements and multi trancendency views.

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