Abstract
This study on Indonesia culture is concerned with environment-wise values in fishing practice in Indonesian archipelago. This study is performed because passages about the values have seemed scattered here and there, and this study is intended to specifically exemplify the values in the fishing practice in coastal regions of West Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, Aceh, North Sulawesi, and Central Java. This study adopts Sims’s concept of folklore, and this study applies a textual analysis. The textual analysis results in fishing traditions in each of the coastal regions; in addition, the traditions contain local wisdom about environment conservation. It is expected that this study will be beneficial for any reader interested in Indonesian culture in general, and in local wisdom in fishing society in particular.
Highlights
Fishing practice in the Indonesian archipelago can be taken as folklore
The fishing practice in Indonesia archipelago is inseparable from tribal creed and traditional apparatus
Local wisdom plays a significant role in regulating fishing practices in the country
Summary
Fishing practice in the Indonesian archipelago can be taken as folklore. The fishing has been primarily practiced as a livelihood for Indonesians in adjacent to farming. In the archipelago, fishing has been practiced almost differently; each coastal region has its own fishing practice. The variety in the fishing practice designates fishing traditions. Fishing is seen as a means of living, but it is seen as a form of culture. In order to exemplify the culture, this study puts the fishing traditions in a culture study
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