ABSTRACTIndonesia is a unified country consisting of various tribes and cultures, the one of which
is the Sasak tribe living in the island of Lombok, the part of Nusa Tenggara Barat (West
Nusa Tenggara) Province. The traditional people inhabit this island possessing a
distinguished form o f marriage compared to the ones in other areas. The difference can
be seen on the form o f the marital institution. This people acknowledge a traditional form
of marriage named “Merari”, which has been deeply rooted in their life, while at the same
time also considered as a legal requirement that should be filled in a marriage within their
society. The tremendous variation o f the traditional forms of marriage in Indonesia has
imposed a challenge to the government to provide a national law which is able to
accommodate it. In this case, the situation prevails in Lombok concerning to marriage is
that traditionally, it is expected that the bride should “kidnap” and “run” the groom (the
literal meaning o f Merari), without telling anyone before hand, nor even the groom’s
family. Contrary, the government law demands that any plan for marriage should be
informedto the concerning parties at least 10 days (working days) before the ceremony is
held. From this contrast, the researcher would analyze several things, comprising the
influence of the law towards the traditional marriage pattern, the effectiveness rate of the
law implementation in the society, as well as the changes occur on the “Merari” marriage
pattern in Lombok after the Government Law No. 1 Year 1974 Concerning Marriage is
applied. This research applies the normative and empirical research method, with the data
sourced form the relevant literature as well as direct in-depth interview with the
traditional and religious leaders, as well as the society itself and the legal practitioners in
the realm of Religious Court. From the research it is discovered that the influence of the
law is still of the low rate, the effectiveness is not maximum, and the changes occur only
on the urban people, take form in registration, the conformity on the determined
minimum age for marriage, on poligamy and divorce.
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