Authors : Syamsul Bahri, Rasyidah Zainuddin and Harifuddin Halim
Abstract: The existence of an indigenous institution always associated with local people entities, generally, located in rural areas or inland. The traditional people are a term that is attached to inland because almost all of their daily life using local resources and its simple nature. Its people’s livelihood is still much dependent on agricultural land, plantations and forest products. In this context, indigenous institutions are present as an institution that guarantees all kinds of good relations between them, between them and the environment and between them and God to keep it running in harmony. This study intends to describe the existence of the indigenous institution as a special community in the inland areas as ‘Tau Appa” in District Maiwa. To achieve this, this exploratory research conducted by interview and documentation study. Interviews conducted with local community leaders and local people. Based on an analysis of the data, the research results are: indigenous institutions “Tau Appa” is a local manifestation of the trust of ‘To Manurung’ or God. Indigenous institution “Tau Appa” is present to maintain the harmonization of local community life. Based on the research results, it can be concluded the following: first; indigenous institution is essential to people’s life or the existence of local communities, second because of the indigenous institutions serve as a catalyst harmony between man and the environment and creator or God.
Syamsul Bahri, Rasyidah Zainuddin and Harifuddin Halim, 2017. Indigenous Institution and Local Community (Study of ‘Tau Appa’ in the Maiwa Sub-District). The Social Sciences, 12: 1755-1758.