Construction of spatial & tourism perspective for wali nagari, custom leader, and community figure in nagari batuhampar, limapuluh kota district

Abstract

Minangkabau community is a society that highly upholds customary values, like in Nagari Batuhampar administrative area. This Nagari (village level area) in Limapuluh Kota District has dynamic social and physical conditions. Minangkabau community hold the values of “Adat Basandi Syara, Syara Basandi Kitabullah” (Custom jointed with Sharia, Sharia jointed with the Quran) in life. It is also colored the administrative aspects of regional development, like implementation of tourism policies in Nagari Batuhampar. Wali Nagari, custom leader, and community figure believe that sustainable tourism and culture can go hand in hand. It is caused Minangkabau culture is currently under pressure from influence of technology, information, and communication nowadays. Young generation is starting to be faced with various kinds of information flows and foreign cultural exchanges, and some of which are not suitable with Minangkabau culture. This research is qualitative construction research. The purpose is to understand the meaning constructed by individuals at certain times. The results state that spatial perspective in Minangkabau culture has three meanings, namely darek (high area), pasisia (west and central coastal areas of Sumatra Island) and rantau (eastern area of the river estuary-Malacca Strait) used in identifying the location of the village for regional development, such as: tourism. The tourism that will be developed is not only to improve the economic level, but also will be utilized by Wali Nagari to focus on Minangkabau culture in Nagari Batuhampar such as studying in surau and so on.