Otoritas Ji'O Ma'Dutu dan Ma'Nyira dalam Dinamika Perubahan Sosila Masyarakat di Suku Sahu Kabupaten Halmahera Barat

Abstract

This research begins from a problem about the authority of Ji’o Ma’dutu the authority of Ma’Nyira in Sahu tribe society, the problem that is faced nowadays has changed the authority between Ji’o Ma’dutu dan Ma’Nyira. Based on that main problem, this research aims to answer three main problems, which are: how the dynamic of social changes which affect the occurs of authority changes Ji’o Ma’dutu in Indonesia, Ma’Nyira authority in the social dynamic changes in Indonesia, and how the social conditions which affect toward the changes of Ji’o Ma’dutu authority and Ma’Nyira in Sahu tribe authority nowadays. For answering that research, the researcher uses qualitative approach which are descriptive and explanatory, approach which is used and the kind of research that is chosen to describe authority of Ji’o Ma’dutu in social dynamic changes in Indonesia, Ma’nyira authority in social dynamic changes in Indonesia, and describethe social conditions which affect toward the changes of authorities Ji’o Ma’dutu and Ma’Nyira in Sahu tribe society nowadays. To answer this research is by using data collective method likeactive observation, deep interview, study book, historic study, the result which is collected that Ji’o Ma’dutu is collective authority from Sahu tribe society, then personification toward Mior (ma’ngumoro/ma’ngamior) is the leader of Sahu tribe society whom control in the society when they work together for Sultan at that time, whereas Ma’Nyira is the head man whom has highest authority in a village which can control the life of the people. By identifying the changes which have happened in those two authorities, this result will analyzed in some important findings, that there are some factors which influence toward the changes of two authorities in Ji’o Ma’dutu or Ma’Nyira authorities, which are: political factors; changes in local politics factors; inheritance factors; changes of society lifestyle factors; economics factors; driving passions factor