MEMBERIKAN HAK WALI NIKAH KEPADA KYAI: Praktik Taukil Wali Nikah Masyarakat Adat Sasak Sade

Abstract

This article discusses about taukil wali nikah, giving the right of guardian of marriage, practiced by the members of Sasak ethnics in Sade sub-village, Central Lombok. People in Sade give their authority of guardian of marriage to kyai. The main question is why do people in Sade practice taukil wali to the kyai? Utilizing Soekanto’s concept of sociology of law which concentrates on the reason behind the emergence of law practices, this paper argues that that taukil wali is a form of the appreciation of the members of Sasak ethnics in Sade to Kyai, religious as well as adat prominent figure of thecommunity. It also plays as a means how people of Sade escape from gossip which will befall them if they do not practice taukil wali by giving the right of guardian of marriage to Kyai, as the guardian has big responsible and only particular figure who can perform it, and it is kyai.