Documentation and Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage “Ada Tana Poma” in Denatana Timur Village, Wolomeze District, Ngada Regency, East Nusa Tenggara

Yosef Dema (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Tunas Nusantara)
Nurlela Nurlela (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Tunas Nusantara)
Sismiati Sismiati (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Tunas Nusantara)
Ari Hadi Prasetyo (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Tunas Nusantara)
Iwan Darmawansyah (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Tunas Nusantara)
Andi Muhammad Rudham (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Tunas Nusantara)
Rizal Rahmawan (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Tunas Nusantara)

Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat
Vol. 4 No. 3 (2026): August 2026

The program aimed to document indigenous cultural practices, strengthen community capacity, and develop a sustainable safeguarding model. A participatory ethnographic approach was employed, involving customary elders (Tua Adat), village authorities, and local youth in documentation, validation, and digital archiving activities. The program produced a 120-page ethnographic report, a 30-minute documentary film, a village-based digital cultural archive, and trained 18 village youths in digital documentation. The initiative also strengthened community ownership, promoted intergenerational knowledge transmission, and enhanced local capacity for long-term cultural safeguarding. A key outcome was the development of a Community-Based Safeguarding Framework, integrating participatory ethnography, digital archiving, and community empowerment into a sustainable model.