The Role of The Galesong Observant Forum in Strengthening Religious Moderation in Takalar District

The focus of this article reveals the Galesong Observer Forum; this forum aims to instill cultural and religious values so that there is harmony and religious adherents to strengthen the harmony and moderation of religious people. This study uses an ethnographic and sociological approach: Data Collection and Analysis Techniques for participatory observation and visual documentation. This article finds that there are efforts to reduce the degeneration of local cultural values. In the traditional bureaucratic order, community leaders are role models, symbols of adat. Thus, all aspects of their life, behavior, and social relations reflect traditional institutions that have the authority to reduce the degeneration of local cultural understanding. In actualizing religious and cultural values to instill values of religious moderation, FPG acts as a forum for the formation of diversity based on religion and belief to increase harmony between religious communities and followers of religions and contribute to strengthening religious harmony and religious moderation. Sovereignty ; Sovereignty is on the members and is fully exercised through the deliberation of the central board. Deliberation: the forms of deliberation in the Galesong Observer Forum , FPG, include General Meeting, that is, the deliberation attended by the Trustees, Supervisors, DPP, delegates from the DPW, DPD, and DPC; Central Deliberation; that is, the deliberation followed by the DPP; the Provincial Deliberation, that is, the deliberation attended by the DPW and representatives from the DPP, the Regional Deliberation, that is, the deliberation attended by the DPD and delegates from the DPP and DPW, and the Branch Deliberation, that is, the deliberation attended by the DPC, bureaus, and delegates from the DPP. The organizational meetings of the Galesong Observer Forum , FPG, consist of Central Management Meetings, Provincial Management Meetings, Regional Management Meetings, and Branch Management Meetings. The status, function, mechanism of deliberation and meetings, and quorums are regulated in the By-laws of the Galesong Observer Forum , FPG.


A. Introduction
The pluralistic Indonesian society affects the life system of people in various regions, with heterogeneous cultural diversity as the identity of each region 1 .
However, various social phenomena appear as a consequence of the era of openness that seems excessive and uncontrolled, often contrary to existing values and norms. The progress of a nation always relies on the youth or millennial generation as its golden age for the search for identity to achieve the desired achievement. This young generation is the successor to the leadership in terms of religion and culture. The dominant formal schools in Indonesia have not met the desired expectations because the value of education has not been following actualization and implementation 2 . Formal education has not fully provided cultural awareness to avoid behavior patterns contrary to values and norms.
Therefore, maximum efforts are needed from every community organization, including FPG, Galesong Observer Forum, and community organizations that can provide socialization or education about universal locality values. The value of customary locality is a characteristic of the nation's diversity to form a dignified character personality 3 .
Galesong Observer Forum (GOF) is a local community organization with the concept of education based on knowledge of culture and the living environment with a work program to build traditional schools to preserve the knowledge of the culture and customs of the local community as their own identity. For that, they built a traditional school that was used to respect their ancestors and their traditional heritage. Traditional schools also develop an attitude of love and pride towards Indonesia, especially the customs and culture of the Indonesian nation 4 .
Customs in various regions have begun to be eroded due to the influence of globalization based on technological sophistication, slowly eroding our nation from a robust culture as the legacy of the founders of this nation. Cultural values are slowly starting to erode from the personality of the nation's children 5 .
Moderation values are fundamental to be raised so that this nation's generation has an understanding that Indonesia exists and protects all regardless of ethnicity, religion, and class 6 . The values of religious moderation can be seen in the local cultural practices of various ethnic groups in the archipelago. One example of local wisdom-based religious moderation is the linguistic practice of the Bolaang Mongondow community in Montagu, which is soft, and smooth communicative. It has a high level of meaning 7 .
The actualization of religious moderation in educational institutions and community organizations is very relevant to implement in a pluralistic country like Indonesia 8 . Because with more and more people receiving modern religious education, this will form a moderate Islamic eel and education, which is also a nuance of internationalization. The hereafter so that religious citizens can imitate this through the foundation of education and community organizations. Seeing the problems above, it is essential to actualize religious and cultural values in the school community, which is part of efforts to increase national harmonization between religious communities and strengthen national harmonization with modern values 9 . So, there was an increase in the Belu tradition of the local community, which can also be accepted by modern social organizations such as the Galesong traditional preservation forum organization. So, giving space to minorities is an effort for opportunities for them to be happy with the people who live in a Muslim-majority country without intimidation and discrimination. strengthening religious moderation 12 . First, we would like to describe the understanding of some keywords here, such as the actualization of religious values, culture, and moderation. Actualization, which is included here, is a way or desire that a person has in order to be able to use his abilities to achieve an expected goal. In other words, actualization is closely related to the understanding that connects the information learned into a unanimous mind 13 . So we can understand that people's understanding is the ability to connect other information stored in the database of the human brain before. So people are required to recognize and preserve the culture of their ancestors. It is not just that people know and preserve it, but more than that, it requires understanding and being able to apply it in everyday life. Bathmaker says that understanding is the ability to interpret or master information in terms of their understanding and feelings and at the same time connect that knowledge about local culture and regional culture, which is another pluralistic culture they receive. In other words, the ability to understand and implement cultural values that exist in the area, as expressed by Sunarto that conceptual understanding is the ability to explain a situation in different words and interpret it to conclude the existing culture that is understood 14 .
Furthermore, the understanding of religion here is a belief system in God that a group of people embraces by constantly interacting with their God. So the core problem here is that we discuss the understanding of religion as the existence of God to which humans always connect themselves, which is a metaphysical aspect. In comparison, humans are creatures and are part of the universe which is included in the physics category. The emphasis on discussing the philosophy of religion focuses more on the metaphysical aspects of the other aspects of the 12 Itai Ivtzan dkk., "Linking religion and spirituality with psychological well-being: Examining selfactualisation, meaning in life, and personal growth initiative," Journal of religion and health 52, no. 3 According to Normuslim, a community figure is someone who is widely respected by the community and can be a factor that unites a nation-state.
Community leaders, of course, represent the leadership traits that become a reference for the community in realizing the hopes and desires of the community so that community leaders cannot be separated from the leader characteristic reflected in the community leaders 19 .
Reducing the degeneration of local culture is primarily determined by the role of local community leaders in collaboration with educators. The effectiveness of the role of the Galesong Observer Forum, FPG, in reducing the degeneration of local cultural values and attitudes is primarily determined by the collaboration of educators and community leaders and supported by local government officials.
Authority is an order to do or prohibit something to achieve a specific goal.
Authority communication can be received by an individual or a group carrying out such communication.
In principle, authority is aimed at those who are influenced, not those who influence. The role or authority of the Galesong Observer Forum, FPG, will be influential if community leaders work together with the people to follow the program of activities that the FPG organization has carried out. The synergy between the community and the leaders can implement these cultural and religious values.
The similarity of perceptions between teachers, students, and community leaders to implement in daily attitudes can be achieved well with authority possessed by local community leaders, which is implemented effectively to reduce the degeneration of local cultural values. The support of community leaders and the government can be called an integrated success 20 .
18 Ceren S Abacioglu dkk., "Practice what you preach: The moderating role of teacher attitudes on the relationship between prejudice reduction and student engagement," Teaching and Teacher Education 86 (2019)

C. Methodology
Ethnographic and sociological approaches were involved in completing this study 21 . Through this approach, researchers were able to get input on the socio- Iya nipatta'galli an iya sappe, ia ni pammanjengi an iya ra'ba, has become clear evidence today. A person who is our support has first become a victim of the savagery of the mask of secular globalization.

Religion and cultural values in the community of Galosong
Understanding of religious and cultural values to increase harmony between religious communities and adherents of certain beliefs must be actualized in students or the community so that they become dignified individuals of

Preserving local culture and tradition
The research results showed that the Galesong Observer Forum, FPG, aims to preserve local culture. Traditional schools were founded by self-help from neutral groups as a form of self-devotion to empower indigenous people. Long-term; procuring a permanent FPG secretariat and SAKG building, optimizing the expansion/formation of the East Galesong District, optimizing efforts to make Galesong a center for cultural development, cultural Tourism Visits at the local, regional, national, and international levels, and of historical study and research of Karaeng Galesong.
One of FPG's activities has held a dialogue between community leaders and the government. This dialogue is intended to listen to and accommodate the community's aspirations regarding the common desire to re-propose I Mannindori

Rights and Obligations of Members;
Each member is obliged to comply with the organization's by-laws and other applicable regulations, both internal and external to the organization, with the following rights: Ordinary Members and Extraordinary Members have the right: the right to vote, the right to speak, that is, the right to submit opinions, suggestions, and considerations in deliberation activities or meetings, elected rights, that is, the right to be elected to the board of the organization at every level of management and to be involved in overseeing the organization's activities, the right to refuse, that is, the right to self-defense.
Meanwhile, the Honorary Members have the right to speak and the right to refuse. Province as a joint effort to realize the quality of public services.
The government's policy towards the role of the Galesong Observer Forum to reduce the degeneration of local cultural understanding in Indonesia is to submit an Application for Registration of the GOF Ormas addressed to the Regent of Takalar Regency so that GOF is officially and legally acting as a community organization through registration with the Takalar National Unity and Political Agency. The Galesong Observer Forum, GOF, has several activities, including responding to public pressure so that the government immediately realizes the optimization program for the Karaeng Galesong national hero title by holding a dialogue with traditional leaders.
The Karang Galesong Traditional School, SAKG, needs to follow up on the launching event held in 2017 as a non-formal school. The Galesong Observer Forum, GOF, also needs to increase the number of Taklim Council cadres whom Indonesian Ministry of Religion workers assists. In addition, the government also needs to provide additional facilities for GOF activities to preserve the local culture of the Takalar Regency community and as a follow-up to the Siri na pacce cultural training activity among Takalar Regency residents.