Indians Hybrid Communities in Aceh
Between Identity and Assimilation
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220408.038How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Indians; Acehnese; identity; assimilation; attitude
- Abstract
Aceh is one of the areas settled by various nations and tribes derived from different places, areas, and even continents. Its location has a strategic position and attracted many nations to stop over and settle at this place. It cannot be denied that this area became home to ethnic diversity of different tribes. There are, at least, seven different ethnic groups predominated today in Aceh, including the Acehnese considered as the largest ethnic group compared to the others. One of their predecessors is Indians. There is a red thread between historical evidence and their daily performance as a community, even though they already assimilated with the local culture and tradition and have a new mix culture. An example that is clearly to be seen nowadays in villages is a tradition of having long hair for women and make a bund. They maintain this tradition as a valuable cultural legacy. Based on the historical and anthropological approaches, this paper shows how the Indians collaborate, acculturate, and assimilate with the local people. The result of this research shows a model of Indians as a group not only maintaining their identity but also blending with Acehnese as local culture which is quite different from other parts in the archipelago, such as Arab community in Palembang and Chinese in Aceh and in some parts of Indonesia. This research also becomes a choice for solving the problem arisen in relation to create peace and harmony by understanding the background of Acehnese culture and behaviour since the Acehnese is the pluralist nation. Harmony will come up when we are able to understand other character and tradition.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Fakhriati Fakhriati PY - 2022 DA - 2022/04/27 TI - Indians Hybrid Communities in Aceh BT - Proceedings of the 9th Asbam International Conference (Archeology, History, & Culture In The Nature of Malay) (ASBAM 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 280 EP - 288 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220408.038 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220408.038 ID - Fakhriati2022 ER -