KEARIFAN BUDAYA LOKAL MASYARAKAT MARITIM UNTUK UPAYA MITIGASI BENCANA DI SUMATERA BARAT
Abstrak: Local wisdom that
exists in the community is potentially a very valuable in dealing with the
problems of natural disasters that hit the region. Understanding of the
potential of local wisdom in dealing with the threat of natural disasters is
important in disaster mitigation efforts in disaster-prone areas. One of the
natural disaster-prone areas in West Sumatra that have the potential of local
cultural wisdom is Ulakan Nagari, Kec. Ulakan Tapakis, Kab. Padang Pariaman.
This region includes the areas worst affected by the earthquake last 30
September 2009. However, these communities do not get a lot of casualties
caused by the earthquake.
The power of religion as a major
potential cultural wisdom of this community, namely the existence of the tomb
of the great scholar Shaykh Burhanuddin considered believed society could
reject any disaster so that when disaster strikes, the community has a great
power to anticipate the disaster. The community did with various religious
traditions, such as dhikr (prayer) in the tomb and on the waterfront and
implement indigenous tradition (sort of ceremony Tabuik) as a sign of gratitude
to Allah SWT. Besides the religious aspect, the public trust with marine
geography which has the power of a tsunami hazard barrier so that people
believe that the tsunami would not harm them.
Penulis: Lucky Zamzami, Hendrawati
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd140010
