Belajar harmoni dalam keberagaman dari Desa Rama Agung Bengkulu Utara

This is the atmosphere of Rama Agung village located in Kecamatan Kota Arga Makmur, Bengkulu Utara Regency, Bengkulu Province. This village won the first prize in the Innovation Competition for Religious Moderation, the Moderation Village category. In Rama Agung village, every religious leader has their own worship house, such as a mosque for the religion of Islam, a church for Christians and Catholics, a temple for Hinduism and a monastery for Buddhism. This village managed to beat 83,000 other villages from 38 provinces in Indonesia to win the title of Religious Moderation Village in the competition held by the Semarang Research and Development Agency last September. The head of Rama Agung village, Butu Suryade, was met in Bengkulu Utara on Friday, November 24, saying, the ups and downs of religious people in his village can always be stressed because the people prioritize harmony in various differences. Thus, as many as 858 heads of families who are currently in the village can live in harmony and always bow. We always try to maintain the diversity of this group so that it never becomes something that distorts anything, especially about religion. So when there is a religious problem elsewhere, we always leave it, we will not be affected by it. He explained the formation of Rama Agung village started from the transmigration of the people of Bali in 1963 which was caused by a natural disaster caused by the eruption of Mount Agung. As time went by, the number of people continued to increase, including religious diversity. Uniquely, the solidity of the people of Rama Agung village is very felt, how the place of public cemeteries with people of different religions unite and are only given boundaries. The head of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Kakan Wil Kemenang, Bengkulu Province, Muhammad Abdu, said the unity of religious people in Rama Agung village can be an example of living together, although different. They support each other in community activities, support each other, there is no disruption. Even in wedding activities, they attend each other. If someone dies, their religion is different. Even at the cemetery, they are together. In 2018, Rama Agung village was also established as an example village of religious people which continues to flourish until 2021 and becomes a religious tourism village. The goodness of the people of Rama Agung village in rejecting discrimination is expected by many parties can be a motivation and education for the people in other areas so that they can collaborate together to create a harmonious atmosphere in religion. The office team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs cooperated.