Portraying "Village Regulations" among Urban Community in Campago Guguak Bulek Nagari, Mandiangin Koto Selayan, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra

Abstract

Migrant workers usually come to a city for economic reason as cities are still deemed to provide much available economic opportunities. Urban communities, on the other hand, typically preserve village regulation that they specifically formulate in dealing with comers like what occurs in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra. On the basis of it, this article aims to portray the village regulation taking sample at the Campago Guguak Bulek Nagari, Mandiangin Koto Selayan, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra. The research problems are on the current village regulation from its establishment, form, dissemination, sanction, stratification of legal subjects, and the effect as well as how the regulation will look like in the future. This is a qualitative normative research using in-depth interview with comers who directly deal with local regulations as well as local communities as the one who preserve the regulation. It found that regulations at Bukittinggi emphasize protection of the local economy and sociocultural aspect. More specifically, it aims to regulate life together, protect rights and obligations as well as social institutions, maintain safety and order, and improve community welfare. This all make the village regulation deserve for future preservation.