As one traditional Islamic educational institusion growing since the era of coming of Islam into Indonesia, Pesantren has played immeasurable significant role in this society. Beside its function as a center of Islamic education, pesantren even also functions as a social institution maintaining the implementation of Islam. Despite its rigid and conservative characters which often become a subje…
Ponorogo society is a society who has traditionla background in same sex relationship. The tradition is warok gemblak. According to the tradition, there are Ponorogo transvestites who have an experience as being gemblak in their adolescence age. Transvestism as a social phenomenon is a new one in Ponorogo. It appeared when warok-gemblak institution was destroyed. Looking at Ponorogo transvestit…