Lonto Leok Collaboration Across Differences, Consequences, and Democracy of Manggarai Communities

Abstract

The Manggarai community is known as a society that prioritizes freedom. All decisions concerning the livelihood of many people are always taken through deliberations for consensus which is known as culturelonto leok. Application lonto leok made according to the context and purpose where lonto leok is a communication tool for certain policies and decisions relating to the social, political, educational, economic, religious, agricultural, birth, death and customs fields. This study aims to explain lonto leok as cross-difference collaboration, describe lonto leok as cooperation with consequences, and describe lonto leok in the democratic life of the Manggarai people. The method used is a case study design. As data collectors, researchers are key instruments and know the state of the field to obtain complete and comprehensive information using interview, observation and documentation techniques. Data analysis used in this research is data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The research results that were successfully constructed were lonto leok as a cross-difference collaboration that was born from a compromise between the tribes that have inhabited Manggarai land since centuries ago;lonto leok as a form of cooperation with consequences, it is the result of a consensus that is expected to be implemented, but for those who don't care, the sanctions are in the form of social sanctions in the form of exclusion from social interaction; and lonto leok in the life of Manggarai democracy promises hope for political freedom, equality and brotherhood with bonds of solidarity full of empathy for the suffering of citizens as a means of democracy that has power and is translated into political power.