The alcoholic lifestyle of the Sentani people, especially drunks, is closely related to various acts of structured violence carried out by state government institutions and customary government, but also with ownership, use and management of natural resources, and with freedom of opinion that is both government and customary. As a society that is experiencing a socio-cultural crisis and is marginalized, they become a group of anti-structural liminals. They do things that deviate from the structure by consuming alcoholic beverages as an effort to reduce psychological suffering. This article is the result of field research with a descriptive qualitative case study method with an anthropological approach. The method used for data collection is literature study, observation, and in-depth interviews. Knowledge about producing traditional khewphu drinks is one of the local geniuses of the Sentani people. During drunkenness, drinking alcohol helps those who are experiencing liminality as limited as they feel.

Keywords: Khewphu (intoxicating water), adat structure, anti-structure, psychological suffering, local genius