On Social and Economic Spheres: An Observation of the 'Gantangan' Indonesian Tradition

Abstract

Indonesian traditional villagers have a tradition for the sake of their own social and economic security named "nyumbang". There are wide variations of the traditions across the archipelago, and we revisit an observation to one in Subang, West Java, Indonesia. The paper discusses and employs the evolutionary game theoretic insights to see the process of "gantangan", of the intertwining social cohesion and economic expectation of the participation within the traditional activities. The current development of the "gantangan" tradition is approached and generalized to propose a view between the economic and social sphere surrounding modern people. While some explanations due to the current development of "gantangan" is drawn, some aspects related to traditional views complying the modern life with social and economic expectations is outlined.

Social Sphere from Social and Economic Perspective

“…Also many elements of traditional cultures in different countries can be considered as elements of social sphere. Experience shows that they can serve as the kinds of leverage for economic growth [12] In domestic studies, there are situations not only of social sphere content arguable understanding, but sometimes of its actual mixing with public and mixed economy sectors, and sometimes even more widely -with economy non-profit sector. This is largely due to the fact that such related goods have been provided almost exclusively by the state for a long time.…”