Tritangtu di Buana Sebagai Sistem Keseimbangan dalam Kepemimpinan Tradisional Masyarakat Kampung Adat Kuta

Feni Febriani, Wulan Sondarika, Sudarto Sudarto

Abstract

Traditional leadership in indigenous communities faces social change and the strengthening of formal government, so the central question is how customary leadership continues to function and which values sustain it. Previous studies of the Kuta Traditional Village have mostly highlighted the role of customary figures in cultural preservation, while Tritangtu di Buana has generally been discussed through Sundanese manuscripts and political philosophy rather than as a framework for reading living leadership practice. This study aims to analyze the leadership structure, the implementation of Resi, Ratu, and Rama values, and the relationship between customary leadership and formal government in the Kuta Traditional Village. It employed a descriptive qualitative method supported by a historical approach; data were collected through passive participant observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation, and analyzed using the interactive model of Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña. The findings show that customary leadership is carried out collectively by the Pupuhu Adat, Sesepuh Lembur, Kuncen, and Ajengan, and that Tritangtu di Buana appears not as three formal offices but as a division of functions: safeguarding values (Resi), coordination (Ratu), and community participation through deliberation (Rama). The relationship with formal government runs through a division of authority and coordination. This study contributes to the study of traditional Sundanese leadership by showing that Tritangtu di Buana can serve as a framework of balance for reading contemporary customary leadership.

Keywords

Kuta Traditional Village; indigenous community; Resi Ratu Rama values; traditional leadership; Tritangtu di Buana

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25157/ja.v13i2.26624

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