JTUS, Volume 2 No. 12 December 2024 668

JTUS, Vol. 02, No. 12 December 2024

E-ISSN: 2984-7435, P-ISSN: 2984-7427

DOI: https://doi.org/10.58631/jtus.v2i12.140

The Cultivation of Local Wisdom Values “

Nemui

” in the Lampung Student Association

Community in Solo City in Building Multiethnic

INTRODUCTION

Indonesia is known as a country with diverse cultures, ethnicities, religions, and languages

(Mavridis, 2015). This diversity characterizes the nation and is reflected in the national motto, Bhinneka

answering this challenge is Nemui Nyimah, a cultural concept from Lampung that reflects hospitality,

openness, and generosity in social life.

According to theory, local wisdom is behavior that develops over generations in a community,

which then becomes a value firmly held and internalized as culture (Geertz, 2007). Nemui Nyimah

reflects these values in Lampung society. Nemui means "visiting" or "friendship," while Nyimah means

"generous" or "open." In daily life, this value includes polite, friendly behavior and gracefully accepting

differences.

Local wisdom can be understood as human efforts to act, behave, and behave wisely toward a

particular object or situation (Ridwan, 2007). Local wisdom, such as Nemui Nyimah, is important as a

guide to life that builds social solidarity maintains harmony, and prevents conflict, especially in a

advances accelerate the flow of information and introduce new cultures, often outside the local

wisdom. This has caused values such as Nemui Nyimah to be abandoned and forgotten.

In the context of multiethnic life, this challenge is even more complex. The increase in tolerance

attitudes is due to the high contribution of historical awareness, religious values, and multiethnic

understanding of students through socialization in the history learning process (Azis et al., 2018).

Tolerance includes respect for differences and recognizing and accepting cultural, ethnic, and religious

diversity. (Yulianti. & Dewi, 2021) stated that tolerance is an attitude that respects differences in terms

of religion, culture, and customs to achieve a harmonious life. In this case, Nemui Nyimah offers a

relevant solution, as this value supports the creation of inclusive and harmonious social relations amid

differences.

In this community, the value of Nemui Nyimah is applied through various activities, such as

deliberation, gotong royong, and other social activities. Deliberation becomes a means to resolve

conflicts and make decisions collectively. Gotong royong, which reflects social solidarity, is carried out

through cooperation to achieve a common goal. In addition, social activities such as donations and

fundraising show how Nemui Nyimah can be applied to helping others regardless of differences.

However, applying the Nemui Nyimah value in this community also faces various challenges.

One of them is that the community members need to understand the meaning and importance of the

value. Many members, especially the younger generation, must realize this value is important to their

cultural identity. In addition, the influence of foreign culture and modernization often blurs local values,

making Nemui Nyimah less appreciated.

To overcome this challenge, strategic efforts are needed to preserve and instill the value of

Nemui Nyimah. One strategy that can be done is the establishment of a cultural studio. According to

becomes the object of study to understand how Nemui Nyimah values are applied in building

multiethnic tolerance. This research aims to answer two main questions: first, how Nemui Nyimah

values can build multiethnic tolerance in this community, and second, what strategies are carried out

to apply these values in everyday life? Thus, this research not only contributes to understanding the

values of Nemui Nyimah in the local context but also provides insight into how local wisdom can be a

solution to global challenges. In this increasingly connected era, values such as Nemui Nyimah have

greater relevance for the people of Lampung and multicultural communities worldwide.

METHOD

This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach with a single case study strategy. This

participatory. In participatory observation, researchers are directly involved in community activities to

understand how Nemui Nyimah values are applied in daily interactions. Meanwhile, non-participatory

observation is carried out by observing interactions between community members at formal and

informal events without the direct involvement of researchers.

Traditional leaders, administrators, and community members were interviewed to understand

better the meaning, challenges, and strategies for implementing Nemui Nyimah's value. The interview

techniques included structured interviews with specific guiding questions and semi-structured

interviews that allow for broader exploration based on informant responses.

Documentation was used to complement data from observations and interviews.

Documentation data included records of community activities, official archives, and visual

triangulation compares data obtained from observations, interviews, and documentation to ensure

consistency of information. Meanwhile, source triangulation compares data from various sources to

ensure the validity of the findings.

The data analysis was carried out in three stages: data reduction, presentation, and conclusion

drawing. Data obtained from the field were reduced by summarizing, organizing, and selecting relevant

information. Furthermore, the reduced data is presented in the form of descriptive narratives, tables,

or diagrams to facilitate analysis. Conclusions were drawn by looking for patterns and relationships

between variables to answer research questions.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

trigger various disputes, hostility, and divisions. Pancasila as a national ideology means that its values

are the ideals of the Indonesian nation and a unifying tool for this nation (Muchtarom, 2012).

Koendjaraningrat also emphasized the importance of economic development and

modernization in Indonesian society (Book, 2023). He argued that modernization should be carried

out by maintaining good cultural values while adopting positive changes to improve the welfare of

society (Sumilih, 2015). For Lampung indigenous people, the social value of Nemui Nyimah is a

philosophy of life. It has been ingrained, grown, and developed for a long time in the community to

become the identity and characteristic of the Lampung people. According to Informant 1, explaining

Nemui Nyimah in language as follows

In Lampung, the name comes from the root word temui, which means guest. In contrast, nemui

to encourage friendly, open, and respectful interactions between members. This is in line with the

opinion of (Haryanto, 2014), who emphasizes that local wisdom can strengthen social relations and

prevent conflict in a plural society.

Deliberation in Nemui Nyimah reflects the principle of openness and respect for differences. This

is relevant to the theory of multicultural communication proposed by (Fitria, 2024), which emphasizes

the importance of open communication and mutual respect in building intercultural relationships.

When connected with Pancasila, each precept has elements of tolerance in it, including the

following:

their religious teachings;

nation and state, have insight and appreciation for the diversity of Indonesian society so as to be able

to communicate well in order to strengthen national integration, have insight, awareness and skills in

exercising rights, obligations, have awareness and respect for fundamental human rights and essential

human obligations so as to be able to treat citizens fairly and non-discriminatively, actively participate

in building a democratic Indonesian society based on democratic values and culture sourced from

Pancasila, have an attitude pattern, mindset and behavior pattern that supports Indonesia's national

resilience and is able to adapt to the demands of the times for the progress of the nation (Octavian,

2014).

This explains that students, as a young generation, must be able to find their true identity by

carrying out deliberations and making decisions to act together without having to decide for

Local wisdom owned by the Indonesian people can shape the character of the nation as well as

the identity of the Indonesian people (Anggraini & Kusniarti, 2017). The strategy of applying the values

community in Solo City is as follows:

Welcoming and serving as an effort to realize a humanist and familial kinship.

Nemui Nyimah will maintain kinship, intimacy, and harmony. In addition to the community

members maintaining friendships, there will also be positive activities to develop their creativity,

talents, and ideas.

builds a sense of tolerance and member participation to develop community resources sustainably

through a persuasive and non-imposing model, improve knowledge, attitudes, and behavior, and

optimize the community's ability to find, plan, and solve problems.

Local wisdom is important for development solutions, including building harmony and anti-hate

(Dove, 2006). One of the implementations of Nemui Nyimah's local wisdom values can be by forming

a community, based on the results of an interview with Informant 2, who said

In line with (Damayantie, 2019), The principle of Nemui Nyimah in practice is based on a sense

of sincerity to create harmony in social life. Nemui Nyimah's behavior in community life can be

interpreted as an expression of the actions of the principles of kinship, intimacy, and harmony between

community members. One of the behaviors in Nemui Nyimah is the obligation to maintain friendship.

From the existence of Nemui Nyimah, one of which can shape the character of students. The formation

of citizen character is based on religious values, intelligence, honesty, resilience, democracy, caring,

critical thinking, creativity and innovation, compliance with social norms that apply in the life of the

nation and state, independence, and confidence (Muchtarom, 2012).

The strategies that can be used in applying the principle of Nemui Nyimah values include the

following:

maintenance and creation of harmony. In general, balancers in Indigenous communities agree to

preserve cultural values, especially the principle of Nemui Nyimah. This is important because the

application of Nemui Nyimah's behavioral attitudes in community life has been fading (Damayantie,

2019).

According to Widjaja (Damayantie, 2019), community empowerment is an effort to increase the

abilities owned by the community so that the community can fully realize its identity and dignity

and develop itself independently in the economic, social, religious, and cultural fields. In principle,

the community empowerment model is an effort to protect and defend the interests of weak

communities.

Based on the strategy of applying the principle of Nemui Nyimah values, the strategy aims that

knowledge, values/attitudes, and skills to become participatory and responsible citizens in the life of

society, nation, and state. This will help citizens become good and intelligent citizens in line with the

components of civic education.

CONCLUSION

The conclusion of this study is that the cultivation of the local wisdom value of Nemui Nyimah

in the Lampung Student Association community in Solo City plays a significant role in building multi-

ethnic tolerance. The value of Nemui Nyimah, which includes hospitality, openness, and generosity,

has proven to be an effective means of creating harmonious social interactions in multi-ethnic

communities. These values are manifested through daily behaviors such as deliberation for problem

practical solution in building tolerance and harmony in the midst of diversity. The value of Nemui

Nyimah can be a model for building tolerance in other multicultural communities, both at the national

and international levels. In addition, the results of this research open up opportunities for further

studies on the effectiveness of local wisdom in character education, conflict resolution, and

strengthening cultural identity, especially among the younger generation. With the integration of

cultural values such as Nemui Nyimah into education policies and social development programs, an

inclusive and harmonious society is expected to be created in the future.

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