RASIONALITAS PILIHAN LOKASI MENIKAH BAGI MASYARAKAT MINANGKABAU

Abstract

This study discusses the choice of a wedding location for the people of Sungai Beremas sub-district who tend to carry out the marriage contract outside the KUA by paying Rp. 600.000,-compared to KUA which is free. This research uses a sociological legal study approach. To further trace the socio-cultural thinking of the informants, the author uses the theory of social construction by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann. This theory targets how much influence knowledge has with social conditions and the historicity of knowledge which includes the mindset that dominates in that social condition. Based on this research that in principle people are reluctant to marry in the office of religious affairs due to inadequate infrastructure and narrow location. There is an understanding of the community that classifies customs or traditions as sacred so that if the marriage is carried out in the office of religious affairs and does not follow existing traditions, the marriage is considered less than perfect (discordant). On the other hand, there is an understanding of the people who tend to be open to customs or tradition, so that the implementation of marriages that follow tradition as a form of preservation of the culture that already exists in society without being associated with the validity of the marriage.