Social Communication and Integration in the Development of Traditional and Service Villages in Bongkasa Bali
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https://doi.org/10.37329/ijms.v4i3.5490Keywords:
Social Communication, Integration, Customary Village (Desa Adat), Administrative Village (Desa Dinas), Social StructureAbstract
Sense of security, well-being, and social protection encourages the importance of social communication in building community cohesion and integration. This study examines the role of social communication in the formation of the Bongkasa Traditional Village and the Bongkasa Official Village using a qualitative approach through observation, interviews, literature review, and analysis of archaeological remains, informed by social communication and structural functional theory. The results show that social communication plays a crucial role in building collective understanding amidst migration and cultural mixing during the Middle Balinese period. Archaeological remains and written sources (Purana and Chronicle of Mengwi) indicate that the Bongkasa region developed from Teguh Wana to Banjar Teguan, then became a centre of socio-political integration after the decline of the Mengwi Kingdom. Communication between groups resulted in an agreement to establish the Bongkasa Traditional Village on April 12, 1825, and the Bongkasa Official Village in 1932. To this day, both operate harmoniously, with the Traditional Village managing customs and religion, while the Official Village manages government. This study concludes that social communication is a key factor in shaping social integration and community institutions that are adaptive to historical and cultural changes.
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