Cultural Acculturation of The Villagers in Desa Pegayaman Buleleng Bali

Abstract

Bali Islands has long been known as a tourism destination in Indonesia. A unique thing in the island is the majority of its population embraced Hinduism as their main religion. However, in the society whose religion is mostly Hinduism, the residents who live in Desa Pegayaman, Sukasada, Buleleng District are almost entirely Muslim. Muslim community has lived in Buleleng for more than 400 years however the two communities with different social and cultural background live together in harmony and tolerance. The cultural mixture called the cultural acculturation between Muslim community in Desa Pegayaman and Balinese Hindu society becomes a social process in the intercultural communication. The paper will discuss the cultural acculturation in the five elements of culture according to the Theory of Samovar which are history, religion, values, social organization and language. Keywords— Pengayaman; culture acculturation; Hindu; Bali