Jailani Tala: Persepsi masyarakat Negeri Seith terhadap Suku Buton yang
berdomisili di Negeri Seith, Kecamatan Leihitu, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah.
Pembimbing I: T. Soumokil, dan pembimbing II: Prapti Murwarni.
Jailani Tala: The perception of Negeri Seith Community towards the Buton Tribe
who live in Negeri Seith, Leihitu District, Central Maluku Regency. Supervised by
T. Soumokil and Prapti Muwarni.
This research is a qualitative descriptive study which aims to find out about the
community perception of Negeri Seith toward the Buton Tribe who live in Negeri
Seith, Leihitu District, Central Maluku Regency.
The research was conducted in Negeri Seith, Leihitu District, Central Maluku
Regency, Maluku. Primary data collection was carried out through interviews with
a number of informants who were considered important.
The results showed that good social interaction was done by the Buton tribe
community with the Negeri Seith Government. The Butonese people always live
side by side with the people of Negeri Seith, and they realize themselves as
migrants who live together with the Seith Community who are the local people.
This interaction is very harmonious because they work together and help each
other in fulfilling their daily needs. In Negeri Seith, the Butonese people make a
good friendship and kinship with the Seith Community. This social relationship is
seen through cooperation or participation between the Butonese and the Negeri
Seith community in development. There is mutual respect for each other, as well
as for traditions, customs and culture.