Migrasi Masyarakat India ke Sabah Membawa kepada Fenomena Amalgamasi Sosial Setempat

Abstract

Penulisan ini meneliti tentang amalan perkahwinan campur antara masyarakat India dengan masyarakat etnik tempatan semasa di bawah pentadbiran Syarikat Borneo Utara British (SBUB). Berpandukan kaedah sejarah, kajian ini cuba melihat sejarah proses migrasi masyarakat India yang berlaku secara berperingkat dan  sistematik yang berlaku di bawah SBUB. Perkembangan migrasi masyarakat India ke Sabah membawakepada fenomena amalgamasi sosial. Wujud entiti perkahwinan campur hasil daripada proses asimilasi antara kumpulan etnik majoriti dengan kumpulan etnik imigran di negeri Sabah. Makalah membincangkan tigaaspek, iaitu perkembangan migrasi awal masyarakat India ke Sabah, faktor penggalak kepada amalan perkahwinan campur India-etnik tempatan Sabah, dan kesan perkahwinan campur terhadap identiti antara India dan etnik tempatan. Pemahaman kepada perkembangan migrasi masyarakat India ini adalah penting untuk memahami fenomena amalgamasi sosial masyarakat India di Sabah.   This article examines the practice of marriage between the Indian community and the local ethnic community under the British North Borneo Company (BNBC) administration. Based on historical methods, this study looks at the history of the process of migration of the Indian community in stages and systematically occurring under BNBC. The development of the Indian community migration to Sabah led to the phenomenon of socialamalgamation. The existence of marriage entities is a result of the assimilation process between the majority ethnic group and ethnic groups of immigrants in Sabah. The paper discusses three aspects, namely the early migration of the Indian community to Sabah, the promotion factor to the practice of interracial marriage of Indian-ethnic Sabah, and the impact of marriage on the identity of India and local ethnics. Understanding thedevelopment of the Indian community is important to understand the phenomenon of social amalgamation of the Indian community in Sabah.