ESA KEBANGSAAN: MERAJUT TENUN KEBHINEKAAN DARI PEDESAAN
he Indonesian nation is a multicultural nation consisting of various ethnicity, race, ethnicity, religion, class and culture. Therefore it is a challenge in maintaining unity amid diversity. On the one hand, our diversity is a strength, while on the other hand it is a weakness. Therefore, there is a need for synergy in caring for the diversity of the Indonesian people not only to give fully to the government but also to become the responsibility and obligation of all Indonesian citizens including rural communities. The village is a representative of Indonesia's diversity because diversity colors every village in this country. One of the villages on the east end of the island of Java which has a diversity is Patoman village which amidst its diversity still inter-inter-cultural harmony. One effort that can be done to maintain the existence of diversity in Patoman Village is by developing the National Village Model. The purpose of this research is to: 1) analyze the character values contained in a multicultural society in Patoman Blimbingsari Village, Banyuwangi; 2) Developing Multicultural Village Based Multicultural Model in Patoman Village, Blimbingsari, Banyuwangi. In this study the method used is a qualitative method which consists of several stages, namely the determination of the research location, the method of determining informants, methods of data collection, research instruments, methods of testing data validity, and data analysis methods. The results showed that in the culture of culture Patoman village contains character values, namely 1) Religious Value, 2) Social, 3) Socio-cultural, 4) Local Wisdom, 5) Mutual cooperation, and 6) Nationalism. Whereas the Nationality Village model developed is an Integrated Nationality Village Model based on multicultural, multi-religious, socio-cultural, and ethnic. Keyword: Village, Nationality, Values, Character, Diversity