Community-Based Islamic Education through Local Traditions: Internalising Religious Values in the Tong Gentong Practice during Maulid Nabi
This study examines the Tong Gentong practice during Maulid Nabi commemorations in Pohsangit Leres Village, Probolinggo Regency, as a form of community-based Islamic education grounded in local traditions. The study aims to analyse the process through which Islamic educational values are internalised via culturally embedded social practices. Employing an interpretive qualitative approach with a case study design, data were collected through participatory observation, in-depth interviews with community leaders and village elders, religious figures and mosque administrators, actively involved adult residents, women participants, youth representatives, and general community participants, as well as field documentation. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings reveal that the Tong Gentong practice functions as a living pedagogical system that internalises sincerity, generosity, gratitude, brotherhood, and mutual cooperation through intergenerational exemplification, habituation, and collective participation. The novelty of this study lies in demonstrating that local traditions operate not merely as religious-cultural expressions but as sustainable non-formal Islamic educational mechanisms. This study contributes to Islamic education scholarship by expanding the conceptual understanding of community-based Islamic education beyond formal institutional settings through empirical evidence from culturally rooted practices.
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