Intercultural Communication Interaction of Multicultural Society in West Kalimantan Province (Ethnographic Studies)
Theresi Fannia, Sherly Lianto Lau, Fitria Rismawaty, Firda Awliya, Maya Ameri

Public Relations Study Program, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Universitas Dian Nusantara Jakarta

Abstract

Indonesia has a society with various cultures due to there are many ethnic groups with their respective cultural structures and living side by side, which is called multicultural.
West Kalimantan Province is one of the regions in Indonesia where multicultural society live side by side, known as TIDAYU, namely the Chinese, Dayaknese and Malays, which are the three largest tribes in West Kalimantan, which are divided in various places in West Kalimantan.
In addition to the three main tribes, there are also people from other ethnic groups such as the Madurese, Bugis and Javanese. The people with various ethnic groups who live in West Kalimantan live side by side in peace and respect each other. In fact, one of the cities in West Kalimantan, namely Singkawang City was rewarded as the number one most tolerant city in 2018 based on the assessment of the SETARA Institute in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs and the Pancasila Ideology Development Agency, and was again ranked number one in 2021.
From the description above, this paper discusses and aims to find out how the process of intercultural communication of the society in West Kalimantan province. The method used in this study is a qualitative method based on ethnology, because it focuses on how the behavior of multicultural people who live side by side and carry out intercultural communication.
Based on the research results, communication between multicultural society in West Kalimantan runs in harmony and respects each other. With their differences, they need each other in their daily needs and participate to help each other in inter-tribal traditional events. From an early age, people in West Kalimantan are accustomed to cultural diversity, so that the life of a multicultural society in West Kalimantan has a high level of tolerance.

Keywords: Intercultural Communication, Interaction, Multicultural Society, Tolerance.

Topic: Communication and Multimedia