The Influence of Carok Culture on Reproductive
Violence for the Younger Generation Bangkalan
Syaiful Rohman
1
, Margaretha Hanita
2
, and Ahmad Luthfi
3
{
1
syaifulrohman71@gmail.com,
2
margaretha.hanita@gmail.com,
3
luthfi.ciluth@gmail.com}
1,2,3,4
School of Strategic and Global Studies, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Abstract. Reproduction of violence in Bangkalan Madura often occurs; this is
influenced by carok culture, which is passed down from generation to generation.
Carok is one of the acts of violence that has become cultural and rooted in the
community of Bangkalan, Madura. Carok's actions were taken in defending his
pride, the way to solve the problem that led to this act of violence positively
affected the character and attitude of the young generation of Bangkalan. This
study examines the effect of reproduction of violence inherited from today's young
generation, what must be done to stop the reproduction of this violence. The
method used is a survey and interview with youth in Bangkalan, Madura. The
results of this study indicate that the Carok tradition still influences the younger
generation in Bangkalan Madura, this is because of the high value of self-esteem
and the encouragement of the social environment of the Bangkalan Madura
community. The act of violence in the form of carok often gets support from the
social environment, and this is what then triggers the aggressive and temporal
attitude of the Madurese community. In some cases of carok, what happens is
always triggered by the same motives, namely, wife's honour, self-esteem and
revenge.
Keywords: Carok Culture, Reproductive Violence, Youth Violence
1. INTRODUCTION
Madura with all its uniqueness, has several distinctive cultures, and the Madurese is
generally loyal to their culture, and it is brought wherever they go to migrate so that the culture
will not become extinct and so that the culture will not become extinct and continue to be
inherited on to generations. Problems arise when harmful tradition and the cultures are also
held firmly, inherited and finally influence the attitude of the young generation of Madurese
society. One of the negative cultures is that while carok still becomes a way to solve problems
(Ulum, 2017).Carok is a form of expression of angry of Madurese when his pride of himself or
his wife is abused. The understanding of self-esteem (dignity) about feelings of shame (Malo /
Todus) which caused when there was abuse, becomes the main trigger factor for Madurese to
do Carok, besides the other factors such as the disputes happened in KarapanSapi (Cows
Competition) tradition, and so on. (Latief, 2013).
Carok and celurit have a similar meaning. This has emerged among Madurese since the
Dutch colonial era in the 18th century AD. Carok is a symbol of knighthood who fights for his
dignity (honour) (Abdurrahman, 1971). In Cakradiningrat era, JokoTole and
PanembahanSemolo in Madura, do not know its tradition. The tradition that exists in that era is
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DOI 10.4108/eai.24-10-2018.2289677