Abstract
Marine-based culture performed social construction where local belief dominated and influenced daily basis culture. Selamatan Laut ritual was a sacred event where collecting spiritual power led by shamans. The focus of the research was to examine the cultural transformation of the ritual into a tourist attraction. In-depth interviews with seven members of the local community and a visitor enabled the researchers to explore the ritual practice. Analysis of the data revealed that the ritual was also scheduled cultural event calendar as a tourist attraction. The event attracted more tourists to grab income for locals and the region itself. There were physics and function cultural transformation at the ritual ceremony. The physical transformation included the establishment of tourist facilities. Meanwhile, functional transformation included the relation between actors in the community. Both physical and functional transformation relation created new social structures in the community. Local government dominantly played as an agent of change at the site. Local’s community perceived the transformation of the event created new tourist attraction in Manggar, where scheduled events were being as a consensus between stakeholders. Keywords: cultural tourism, ritual, tourist attraction, transformation.
Highlights
One of the cultures in Manggar, BangkaBelitung is a ritual in the form of selamatan laut, which commonly referred to as sea salvation
Transformations pattern in the case of Selamatan Laut ritual divided into functional and physical transformation, which type of system innovation was initiated by the local tourism authority
Functional transformation played dominantly, where local tourism authority set the ritual as a tourism event calendar
Summary
Belitung is a ritual in the form of selamatan laut, which commonly referred to as sea salvation. The landscape of people in Manggar where the ritual held was a coastal area, so the local community at the destination mostly a marine-based community Another region of a cultural landscape that was recognized as a world heritage is Subak in Bali, which became a famous tourist attraction. Aims of the study were to determine the actors related to selamatan laut ritual who constructed the structure of event, the relation between actors created social value transformation that occurs when the tourism introduced into an activity of culture through a selamatan laut ritual in Manggar, and the transformation into a tourist attraction in the community means the selamatan laut ritual adjusted to be a permanent calendar event. Description Supporting a traditional event through village policy and funds, especially transformation into a tourist attraction People had changed, they were not afraid of AntuLaot (sea ghost), they were afraid of the crocodile. It should be supported by tourism facilities at the area and hospitality and tourism education for locals
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