The Local Wisdom of the Takome Community in Facing the Gamalama Volcano Eruption Disaster
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210918.013How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Disaster eruption, Disaster mitigation, Disaster preparedness, Local wisdom
- Abstract
Ternate Island is one of the georgeus islands in Indonesia that has a volcano since become a part of the field with “active strato-volcano at South Pacific”. In line with that statement, Gamalama Volcano which located in the North Maluku, Ternate Island becomes one of the active with a height of 1,715 meters above sea level. Takome Village is one of several villages that are included in the Disaster-Prone Areas I. In the face of disasters, the Takome community still uses traditions that have existed for a long time. The aim of this research was to determine the local wisdom forms ofTakome community in dealing with disasters and analyze the success in implementing local wisdom to deal with volcanic eruption disasters. The method used was qualitative research with research informants namely community leaders in the Takome Village. Data collection techniques were carried out through interviews with Takome community leaders and literature studies. The results showed various types of local wisdom forms of the Takome community, such as visiting the sacred place (tagi jere) and reading prayers together in the mosque (tahlilan/ratiban). This local wisdom is still practiced today. The community believes this is a way to refuse reinforcements to avoid disaster. This local wisdom has succeeded in shaping the traditional knowledge of the community to be prepared to face the volcano eruption disaster.
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- © 2021, 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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TY - CONF AU - Dewi Liesnoor Setyowati AU - Erni Suharini AU - Fitri Annisa Djafar PY - 2021 DA - 2021/09/18 TI - The Local Wisdom of the Takome Community in Facing the Gamalama Volcano Eruption Disaster BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Education & Social Sciences (ICESS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 67 EP - 70 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210918.013 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210918.013 ID - Setyowati2021 ER -