Minggu, 14 Desember 2008

Stigmatisasi Sosial dalam Masyarakat Tradisional

It reminds me Lastri a film failed to produce for the social pressure induced by some radical faction in the area in which the movie will be set. It is actually just a romance story occuring in a 'forbidden' period of communism. This set leads the faction to conclude that the movie supports the ideology of the period. And it just goes like the new order precedences of throwing away everything suspected to relate with communism.
What I try to presume here is the mode of traditional society in marginalizing an individual regarded to be the public enemy or "the axis of common jealousy"-the latter will be more appropriate to the phenomenon. The individual in the special axis is usually the one who have a better life than the common people, or the individual with the wealth. The man with such a fortune will be labelled to have a special worshiping to the evil spirit or satan. They usually called it, nyupang.
In time, this labelling is then strengthened by the stories about some magical and mysitical appearances of devils and ghosts. Or someone said that the rich couple practice any ritual to worship the devil, for example in the midnight, the couple was seen wandering around the neigbourhood in nude. In another, there was an incidence that a young man was chased by the satan of the rich. Then, all the calamity will be related to the actions which was rumoured to be done by the individual of the axis.
The belief then becomes the truth for the society. The family of the rich is the victim of the stigmatization--particulary the child. The parents usually warn their children not to play with any family of the rich, not to recieve anything given by them, otherwise, the evil spirit will take them away to dead.
The truth reveals as I grew up. I talked with the victim. He really didn't do anything wrong to the society. What he did to earn is just to be professional. He said that he had a business at the time.It was so lucrative, that in not very long time, he got much profit, and bought some lands in the village. this was followed by the construction of new big house in the strategic location. This real evidence of fortune seems to trigger jealousy, which finally implied in the production of unreal discourse. This black campaign spread so fast, maintained and strengthened by the same feeling of envy shared by the majority. So, it is the way it is...

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