PERKEMBANGAN SOSIAL DAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT TRANSMIGRASI PADA TAHUN 1905-1945 DI DESA BAGELEN KEC. GEDONG TATAAN KAB. PESAWARAN

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the background of transmigration in Bagelen village, analyze the people from both Central Java selected as transmigration communities, analyze the transmigration process in Bagelen village Lampung and the social and economic development of the transmigration community in 1905-1945 in Bagelen village Lampung.

This research is a type of qualitative research using historical research methods with steps: heuristics, verification, interpretation and historiography with data collection techniques documentation and interviews with qualitative data analysis techniques. The results obtained from this study are residents from Kedu, Central Java, were chosen as transmigrants because they have a dense population with inadequate land area and Lampung was chosen as a colonization area with sufficient land area and fertile soil contour. The number of transmigrants in the early days of 155 families who were brought in from both Central Java to Gedong Tataan they came in droves on foot with their luggage to Gedong Tataan, social development was marked by the level of education with the emergence of schools in Bagelen village, namely the existence of primary school for agriculture through the Ministry of Veterinary Medicine, Bagelen School, Beda School, and HIS (Holand Inlandische School). The interaction relationship between the natives and the transmigrants has been well established. The natives accept the transmigrant community gracefully and have a Lampung philosophy of art that developed in the transmigration community such as Kuda Lumping, wayang kulit and anguk, as well as traditional ceremonies that developed there and were preserved. until now such as the ceremony of death, birth, salvation, suroan and circumcision. Economic development is marked by the existence of agricultural work, raising livestock, traders and some working as kewedanan employees. At first these transmigrants cleared land using very simple tools such as iron balls, hoes, hoes, and hoes. consumption, distribution, and production activities with a market in Bagelen village, Lampung. It was proven At that time the evidence of the transaction instrument was the existence of a coin worth 1 cent during the Dutch colonial period and in 1945 a banknote worth 1 rupiah appeared during the Soekarno presidency.