Understanding the Forest Conservation Society actions "Tengger" ethnic Based Local Wisdom "Sesanti Panca Setya" in East Java - the Republic of Indonesia

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10.2991/icss-18.2018.337How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Tengger ethnic, local wisdom "sesanti panca setya", and forest conservation

Abstract

Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park is the location where "Tengger" ethnic people live. The Tengger ethnic people are mostly farmers around the protected forest area. This study aims to understand the Tengger ethnic community in conserving the forests based on local wisdom "Sesanti Panca Setya" or ”sesanti five faithful”. Environmental research sites in the Tengger community in the village Ngadas, Poncokusumo, Malang. This study used a qualitative method using a knife constructivist analysis. The data obtained by field observation and in-depth interviews with farmers, herbalists, and the village head Ngadas. Data were analyzed using triangulation techniques. The results showed that people Tengger ethnic in the act of conserving forests is closely related to the tradition of "sesanti panca setya" i.e: loyal culture (setya budaya), loyal discourse (setya wacana), promise faithfully (setya semya), loyal like (setya laksana), dan loyal partners (setya mitra). The findings of this research has a unique, different and complementary to previous research. The uniqueness of it is shown that the philosophy of "sesanti panca setya" turned out to be implemented by the Tengger community in managing and conserving forests. Forest conservation efforts done because it is very meaningful to support the continuity of farming communities Tengger ethnic itself.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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