Culture MADURA

demographically community is one of the ethnic Madurese third largest after Java and Bali. However ironic, the reality in academic discourse community and Madurese culture is still neglected.
More than that, their views on society and culture Madura always tend to be negative. This impression is very visible among others in homur-humor about the Madurese. Almost all the humor was in fact not a creation of Madurese but rather is produced and continues to be reproduced by someone outside the Madurese who generally lack an understanding of cultural and contextual Madura proportionately. Thus it can be said that so far there has been community and cultural marginalization process Madura.

This fact seems inevitable is difficult because of two factors: the geographical and political. First, geographically the island of Madura Madura as a place where people experience the process of socialization since the beginning of the circle of life, very close and face to face with the island of Java Java, where people experience the same process. Every form of social interaction with people outside the Madurese inevitably will first established by the Javanese as a supporter of Javanese culture. Therefore, in social interaction will occur while a touch of culture of Javanese culture was already recognized as the dominant culture (dominant culture) is in the arena of cultural contiguity Madurese society and culture become subordinate at once marginalized.

Second, the facts of history have shown that position politically Madura almost never out of power (the kingdoms) of Java. This fact is increasingly emphasized the position of subordination and marginality Madurese society and culture. Therefore, it is easy to understand if every time Madurese will express and implement the cultural values of Madura in the reality of social life they will always tend to be "drowned" by the charm of noble values adhi Javanese culture.

DEALING socio-cultural reality is then nothing else that can and should be done by the Madurese are soon to revitalize the cultural values of Madura. To perform this effort would not be too difficult because of the artists, cultural experts and people who concern Madurese culture together to contribute and serve as diggers and compiler back in a systematic and comprehensive cultural values that do not Madura adhi lost his superb with Javanese cultural values. Because, it's possible many of these cultural values is still a "hidden" or is likely to have started "forgotten". In fact, in the same context, to maintain, and preserve the existence as well as the development of the noble values of Madurese culture is already a cultural responsibility of every individual who claims to be Madurese wherever they are located.

If all this really be the noble values of Madurese culture will continue to exist and put forward as the main reference for each of Madurese in terms of thinking, acting, and behaving. The more so when they have to build and maintain social interaction with people outside the culture of Madura.

Thus the stigma that has been attached will eventually be erased, so that society and culture Madura will no longer be marginalized. In fact, in the future it is possible at any time Madurese society and culture will only emerge as an alternative reference for the community and other cultures.
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