Gotong-Royong (English spelling)

Japanese: ゴトン･ロヨン（英語表記）Gotong‐Royong

A custom of the Indonesian villages (desas) in Java and other regions. Usually translated as mutual aid. In Javanese village society, there was a tradition of discussing and reaching a consensus on village meetings, and there was customary law that required holding memorial services, performing joint service, and electing a village elder as the chief in accordance with this agreement. If we look at this traditional village customary law principle statically, it is the principle of familism, and if we look at it dynamically, it is the principle of mutual aid (gotong royong). President Sukarno called the state principle of the Republic of Indonesia Panca Sila.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ジャワなどのインドネシアのムラ(自然村デサ)の慣習。通常は相互扶助と訳す。ジャワのムラ社会には，村寄合いの決めごとは全員で話しあい，全員の合意を打ちたてるという伝統があり，この合意に従って供養会を行い，共同奉仕をし，ムラの長老を首長に選出するという慣習法があった。この伝統的なムラの慣習法原理を静態的に見ると家族主義の原理となり，動態的にとらえると相互扶助(ゴトン･ロヨン)の原理となった。スカルノ大統領はインドネシア共和国の国家原理をパンチャ･シラと呼んだ。

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