KONSTRUKSI SOSIAL ATAS REALITAS PENGOBATAN TRADISIONAL “SANGKAL PUTUNG” (Studi pada Sentra Pengobatan Sangkal Putung Desa Sumput Kec. Sidoarjo Kab. Sidoarjo)

Treatment is a way to restore a sick body. There are two kinds of treatment, namely traditional and modern medicine. Along with the development of the times, the world of health in medical science is also increasing both in its facilities and resources. But there are still many Indonesian people who choose and going to the traditional medicine, one of which is sangkal Putung. This becomes a social reality in society. Precisely in the East Java province of Sumput village, Kec. Sidoarjo Kab. Sidoarjo, there is a center for sangkal putung treatment which is a traditional treatment for healing bone injuries. The treatment center is known from inside and outside the region as a treatment center for sangkal putung. This study looks at the reality of the community of the sangkal putung treatment center that believes in the treatment. The reality is certainly not formed just like that, but through a process called social construction. In this study using qualitative research methods with a type of descriptive research. The research location in the treatment center of sangkal Putung, Sumput village. In determining the subject of research using Snowball Sampling. Data obtained through the process of observation, interviews and documentation. The theory used is, the construction of social reality Peter L Berger and Thomas Luckmann. The results of this study indicate that the reality of treatment occurs because of the results of a social construction that exists in the community based on the knowledge and experience it has. The construction is in the form of Javanese culture, social, economic and psychological of an individual. Individuals who are involved are patients and therapists on sangkal putung. They believe that the skill possessed by a tarpaulin is a gift that is deceived from God to heal a sick person. In the process of construction into a reality requires several stages, namely, through externalization, objectivation, and internalization where these three processes require social interaction to be able to influence other individuals so that it becomes a social reality. The social interaction in question is “getok tular”, conversation by word of mouth carried out by individuals to other individuals. So that new individuals become part of the reality that exists in society