Cultural festivals can be a place to interact between regions from different tribes. TIFAF is one of the cultural festivals to preserve culture by holding various activities featuring arts ranging from dance, music, traditional games and tourist tours. This study aims to describe: (1) forms of social interaction between participants and local communities in TIFAF (2) supporting and inhibiting factors of social interaction in TIFAF. The method in research is qualitative method. The data source is selected with cluster sampling. The techniques used are observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis techniques used in this study are data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The results of the study found (1) there are 5 forms, namely: (1) the form of social interaction in TIFAF is divided into five, namely (a) cooperation in dance , namely dance collaboration between participants and the community. (b) cooperation in music , i.e. collaboration in playing music and teaching how to play musical instruments. (c) cooperation in singing folk songs, namely performing each other's folk songs. (d) cooperation in traditional games , i.e. working together to win traditional games and calling for shouting. (e) social interaction at the expo stand, namely bargaining, exchanging insights about the products sold. (2) Factors supporting social interaction in TIFAF are (a) learning regional languages, namely being interested in learning other regional languages. (b) use Indonesian i.e. fluent in Indonesian. (c) community enthusiasm such as inviting photos together. (d) facilities and activities that support to interact. Then the inhibiting factor is (a) lack of interaction because it is always in the hotel. (b) awkward for interaction.
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