Disaster Mitigation on Indigenous People

Abstract

The aim of this study is analyze the local wisdom of disaster mitigation of people in Kuta Village. Kuta is a hometown community of indigenous peoples who still firmly run the ancestral traditions, customs and Chairman Kuncen position is very important in controlling the implementation of the heritage tradition. This study using qualitative method which to describe and reveal the meaning about the tradition of people in Kuta Village. In the tradition of qualitative research known terminology as a kind of case study research. The case study is defined as methods or strategies in qualitative research to uncover the specific cases. Data collection was done through observation and interview. The result of this study shows that the ancestral tradition of the community of hometown Kuta filled with wisdom in treating nature, in accordance with the tradition of the ecological condition of the hometown Kuta. Preventive efforts conducted by the disaster mitigation Kuncen and custom Chair delivered through indigenous ceremonies, which contains advice-advice in order for community pikukuh kanu adat, so hometown Kuta to avoid disaster.