Reflections At The End Of The Pig Ngepet Story: Adaptation Of Mystical Values To The Modern Age Through Capitalism

Ustaz Adam Ibrahim (Source: PMJNews)

JAKARTA - Viral pigs in Bedahan, Sawangan, Depok, West Java ended with a 'plot twist'. The police confirmed the story of the fake pig was fabricated. What is interesting is the judgment of the 'moderns', who consider the civilization of other groups to be left behind just because they believe that pigs are really there. This thinking was wrong from the start. Mystical, however alive, even in the midst of modern life. Capitalism is the bridge.

"We say that everything that has gone viral from before is hoax. Fake news," said Depok Police Chief Kombes Imran Siregar, Thursday, April 29.

The story of a hog hog in Bedahan, Sawangan, Depok, West Java begins with the story of a resident named Adi who lost Rp1 to Rp2 million in cash. Adam Ibrahim told Adi that his money might have been stolen by tuyul or ngepet pigs.

From there, Adam Ibrahim - who is a local ustaz - along with several other residents engineered the issue of pengepet pork. They ordered the pork through an online shop for Rp. 900 thousand plus shipping costs Rp. 200 thousand.

Pigs are thought to be making up in Sawangan (Source: Special)

"So this suspect worked together with about eight people to make up stories to make up stories, as if the cuddling pig was true. It turned out that it was a fabrication from the suspect and his friends. So previously it was said that the pig had a necklace around its neck, a red headband, that was a lie. That is not true, ”said Imran Siregar.

The reason for this engineering was carried out by Adam Ibrahim so that his figure would be better known and his taklim assembly was getting more crowded. As a result of his actions, Adam Ibrahim was threatened with bondage to Article 14 Paragraph 1 or Paragraph 2 of Law Number 1 Year 1946 concerning Criminal Law Regulations.

Before being declared a hoax, people were divided into two: those who refused to believe in the story of pengepet pigs and those who were considered to have left behind their civilization because they believed that pigs really existed. This situation is interesting because modernity has never been directly related to why there are still mystical believers and not.

What is modernization?

Let us first look at the definition of modernization. According to Sorerjono Soekanto, in an Introduction to Sociology (1994), modernization is changes in society regarding changes in social norms, social values, the structure of institutions in society, social behavior patterns, and all aspects of social life.

In the Study Lecture Notes, eight characteristics or criteria of modern society are explained. First, participate in the development of innovation in the industrial and technology sectors. Second, there is urbanization. Another characteristic of modern society, they are heterogeneous and their work does not depend on nature.

Modern societies are also characterized as those who are able to open up opportunities and high employment opportunities. Another characteristic of modern society, social stratification or class system is more obvious. Modern society is also more individualistic. High mobility. In a more general context, modern society is also characterized by those who live in adequate urban facilities.

Quoting the Museum and Modern Society article published on the Ministry of Education and Culture's website, one of the characteristics of modern society is that it appreciates the role of individuals or groups in social life. So, modern people are those who uphold respect for others.

Modern begins with thought. Openness to accept differences is a special feature of modern society. Therefore, dwarfing people who accept the existence of a sticky pig with mystical fantasy values cannot make a person more modern than others.

How do mystics live in the modern world?

Ustaz Adam Ibrahim (Source: PMJNews)

In the end, those who are antimistic are by no means more modern than those attracted to mystical sensations. On the contrary. The connoisseur of mystical sensations is not left behind in a civilized manner. According to Tantan, mysticism is also part of modernization.

Technology, do you think it's not mystical? It remains mystical, but has gone through a process of transformation from the unexplainable to the more explainable.

"For example, like us calling. How do we communicate over long distances? Before telepathy was not explained. Now, there are calls that are more clear," said UIN Syarif Hidayatullah sociologist Tantan Hermansah to VOI, Thursday, April 29.

"Now the problem is a matter of rationality ... The alliance of modern and mystical realities has no boundaries and is a bridge between technology."

"Anomalities of this modern society. So in the past, in mystical matters we followed what the shaman said. We just followed. Now when we buy something that is said to be sophisticated, we just go along without asking Microsoft or Apple."

Mystical things, even in modern times, are alive, even capitalized. Just look at television programs that sell occult interactions, between sophisticated cameras, psychics, and ghosts. The same is the case with the story of pigs in Sawangan, right?

Could it be that the most modern of all people in the fray of the ngepet pig is Adam Ibrahim, the ustaz from Sawangan who was the brain of the engineering of the story of the ngepet pig? We're serious. Referring to Anthony Giddens' definition of modernization, he emphasizes that another special feature of modern society is those who are literate towards capitalism.

UIN Syarif Hidayatullah sociologist Tantan Hermansah agrees with this point of view. What Adam Ibrahim did is a form of adaptation of mystical values into modern life. Adam Ibrahim knew that socially, he needed legitimacy. Especially in the post-truth era, when the source of information is more important than the information itself.

"Well, it is even clear. It is one of the characteristics of modern society. Whether he reads Giddens or not. What is clear is that he knows how to work capitalism, right. In the end it is capital too. The basis is that," Tantan.

"People who are popular are more obeyed than knowledgeable people. So even those who are popular are more obedient than those who are knowledgeable. So then everyone pursues it whatever their means, including the perpetrator in Depok," added Tantan.

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