BETWEEN BELIEF AND RELIGION: THE DYNAMICS OF ERLAU-LAU AS A TRADITION IN TIGA BINANGA DISTRICT, KARO REGENCY
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There are two sides to natural phenomena in human life. These natural phenomena have the potential to be both a blessing and a curse, affecting human social and economic life. To deal with this situation, humans attempt to reconnect with nature and their environment. With culture, humans create a means to facilitate the unification reconnecting process, making it easier for them to go about their daily lives. The culture is then carried out consistently in order to establish a tradition, which then becomes part of the community's local wisdoms. In the modern era, changes are occurring to the tradition, along with the changes to the society itself and their culture, in order to remain relevant and to survive. This also happens to the people of Tiga Binanga District, Karo Regency, who hold and practice the Erlau-lau tradition. After a lengthy period of practice, this tradition was eventually modified in order to accommodate the existing characteristics of modernity. This paper discusses the dynamics of Erlau-lau, which has been adjusted to modern values, especially religion, considering the fact that traditions exist prior to religions. The discussion begins with the background of the society, their social, economic, and cultural lives, and concludes with the transformations of Erlau-lau in Tiga Binanga District.
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