CONSTRUCTION OF INDIGENOUS EDUCATION ON NATIONAL INSIGHTS OF THE MAYBRAT TRIBE BASED ETHNO PEDAGOGY

Abstract

Abstract:The “national relevance” of the insights of the indigenous Papuans (OAP) are often “looked at with suspicion”. This study, therefore, aims at inquiring into the insights of the Maybrat tribe living in West Papua focusing on the educational values of the woun-wofle tradition based on ethno pedagogy. This research described the values embodied in the woun-wofle indigenous education whereby the Maybrat people have a way of understanding the nationalism and coexistence in Papua. The research method is descriptive, focusing on ethnographic types. The research findings suggest that the construction of the woun-wofle influences the process of enlightenment and the formation of “true humans” in the Maybrat people tradition, such as having leadership abilities, medicine, historical-cultural understanding, self-understanding, and the power of nature. It also characterizes a strong social relationship between humans. It tells many things about human nature, including the tradition of encounters between humans, such as responding well to the presence of other tribes. Furthermore, the national relevance of the Maybrat people’s insights has also been heavily discussed in woun-wofle itself; and the relation to Eastern clothes, which is nothing but respectful for other nations and tribes, becomes important because the presence of other tribes also concerns the value of changes in a life. The presence of other tribes influences their awareness, insight, and system of thinking. This study concludes that the Maybrat people have insights of relevance for the nation, embodied in customary values (woun-wofle). This indigenous education clearly shows insights into multiculturalism and the tolerance spirit for the Papuans.

Keywords: Ethno Pedagogy, Indigenous Education, National Insight