Examining The Tourism Potential at Huaulu Traditional Village in Seram Island, Maluku

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10.2991/978-2-38476-251-4_23How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Huaulu; Highland community; cultural tourism; creative tourism; tangible and intangible culture; Seram Island; Maluku

Abstract

This study describes one of the tribes living in the highlands of Maluku-Indonesia that can be managed in rural participatory. The Huaulu tribe has a system of local knowledge and a traditional way of life typical of the mountainous people. The main aspect developed for the purpose of cultural tourism lies in the tangible and intangible cultural elements they have. On the tangible cultural side, there are many unique motifs and ancient ornaments on the pillars of their houses. They also produce simple bags made from sago leaves (lopa-lopa) as handicrafts. In terms of intangible culture, their norms and values of life are in harmony with nature in the forest (human-nature relationship). They had some dexterity to navigate in the forest, identify animals that could be hunted for consumption and subsistence, as well as which plants could be used as herbal medicines. The Huaulu tribe is adjacent to the Manusela National Park working area, which is responsible for preventing illegal exploitation of the forest. Cultural tourism development is emphasized in this study; it’s about “modes of creative tourism,” where travelers, especially the climbers of Mount Binaiya (located in the Manusela National Park region), get to experience “something to learn and something to tasting aspect” by living in the village with local people while acclimating to the climb. Hikers can stay in the village and use the local services as guides and porters to help them understand efficient hiking trails (something to learn). They will get lessons for basic knowledge of exotic animals and plants in the forest. On the way down, they can also assemble their own lopa-lopa before returning from climbing activities (something to taste). The research question for this study, aiming at how to connect and distribute the notion about Huaulu and Manusela National Park for creative tourism, relates to frontiers tendentious (especially local people empowerment without conflict of interest). The method used is collecting photos of some local wisdom of the Huaulu tribe in tangible and intangible aspects and interviews.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Karyamantha Surbakti
AU  - Muhammad Mujabuddawat
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/05/22
TI  - Examining The Tourism Potential at Huaulu Traditional Village in Seram Island, Maluku
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Linguistics and Culture (ICLC-4 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 163
EP  - 170
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-251-4_23
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-251-4_23
ID  - Surbakti2024
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