The Cultures of Pesantren in Indonesia: A Fenomenous Real Descriptive Study

The cultures of Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) have penetrated and become the lifeblood of Indonesia in their participation to grow and even to support various futuristic positive sides in the lives of Indonesian people. Common culture such as religiousness and nationalism have become the pulse of life for the majority of Indonesians today. This study is a phenomenous real descriptive study conducted to describe the phenomenon of Islamic boarding school cultures and the phenomena that occur and exist in Indonesian society when connected with pesantren culture and traditions. Data is obtained from various library sources in the form of books and articles which are then discussed and connected with the phenomena that occur. The results of this study found that there are several cultures that characterize pesantren such as scientific rihlah, the culture of composing books (ta'lîful kutub) or translating classical books or even writing books, using foreign languages in their daily communication, The culture of conducting research (istiqra'), even the culture of politics that exists and mushrooms in pesantren. Even, these cultures have become the benchmark or uswatun hasanah of the process of education and learning in schools, boarding schools, and educational institutions outside pesantren. These cultures certainly need good and continuous management so that the pesantren cultures become a 'new curriculum' in the processes of education and teaching in Indonesia or even in the international realm.