AGAMA TANPA NAMA: KEHADIRAN, POLITIK, DAN IDENTITAS AGAMA MERATUS LOKAL DI DEPAN NEGARA DAN MEDIA (PENELITIAN PENDAHULUAN)

Abstract

This article discusses the existence and framing of Meratus local religion in various media in the form of writings and videos, such as State regulations or documents, mass media news, research, and books that have searched and written down Meratus local religion. This article examines the problem above by focusing on two important questions. First, how is the representation and existence of religion before the media and the administration and politics of the State. Second, how is the fight of the Meratus Dayak community to the process of marginalization in an effort to gain recognition from the State, especially after the decision of the Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK) in 2017. By exploring various opinions and visual images that are less sympathetic to the Meratus local religion which is spread in various mediums above, the position of Meratus Dayak local religion is still marginalized, making the Meratus Dayak still have to submit to parties in framing and constructing what they believe and embrace until now. This condition makes the local religion of Dayak Meratus increasingly eroded and always loses in front of the State and official religion until now, because their religion is not compatible with the politics of order and development.