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Mentawai Forest and Tradition: Maintaining the Balance of Nature and Culture Sabagalet, Yudas; Zulfa, Zulfa
Bhandar: Harvesting Community Service in Asia Vol 1, No 2 (2024): Bhandar: Harvesting Community Service in Asia
Publisher : Bhandar: Harvesting Community Service in Asia

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Tropical forests in the Mentawai Islands have a very important role in the lives of the Mentawai people, both as natural resources and as a center of culture and spirituality. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between forests and the traditions of the Mentawai people, and how the sustainability of nature and culture are maintained in their daily lives. This research method is qualitative with an approach to oral tradition, ethnography, sociological anthropology. Data collection techniques are observation, interviews, documentation studies. Data analysis techniques using reduction, data presentation and data verification or drawing conclusions. The results of this study are: The Mentawai people utilize forest resources in a very wise way, based on local wisdom that has been passed down from generation to generation. However, the Mentawai forest is currently facing various threats, such as deforestation and land conversion, which have an impact on the sustainability of their culture. By exploring the importance of Mentawai traditions in forest management and the challenges faced.
TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF UMA IN PRESERVING TRADITIONS AND CULTURE OF MENTAWAI COMMUNITY FOR MENTAWAI STUDENTS IN WEST SUMATRA Sabagalet, Yudas; Zulfa, Zulfa; Arjun, Arjun; Marco, Marco
RANGKIANG: Jurnal Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat Vol 6, No 2 (2024)
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat

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This community service activity involves Mentawai students throughout West Sumatra. The partner's problem until now is that almost all Mentawai students do not understand their identity and Uma as a sacred Mentawai building is not understood by Mentawai students. The limited knowledge of partners regarding the identity of the Mentawai Community and Uma as an effort to preserve traditions and culture for the younger generation in Mentawai. The purpose of this service is to conduct socialization about the unique and profound cultural identity, which is reflected in their language, beliefs, social systems, and arts and traditions, especially about Uma. The methods used are: providing solutions in order to overcome partner problems. Through needs analysis, work plans, activity implementation, and evaluation. The results of this service are as follows: exploring how the identity of the Mentawai community is formed and maintained in the context of social change, globalization, and the influence of religion and modernization. The results of this service are an increase in the understanding of Mentawai students throughout West Sumatra regarding the importance of this technical guidance so that efforts to have a strong customary system, as well as a close relationship with nature, the Mentawai community faces challenges in maintaining their cultural heritage amidst technological developments and migration. This socialization also discusses the efforts made by the community, government, and NGOs in preserving Mentawai cultural and language values. Thus, this service not only provides insight into the identity of the Mentawai community, but also highlights the importance of preserving culture in a changing global context.