Abstract
The Dayak village in Pampang, Samarinda in East Kalimantan has cultural potential, especially the performing arts that is utilized to support the development of regional tourism. For this reason, this study aims to find out how Dayak cultural symbols in the village of Pampang is used for the strategy of Samarinda city branding. The symbolic of interaction perspective is used to analyze the use of cultural symbols in the imaging of a city. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. Data are collected from interviews with various informants from the government, community leaders, and traditional leaders. Finding of the research indicated that the performing arts is used as a resource in tourism development with a cultural perspective. Cultural symbols in the performing arts can be a means of symbolic interaction of the Dayak culture in Pampang among the community, domestic and foreign tourists who come to this village. This cultural performing can be an attraction of Samarinda City, which has minimal potential for a nature tourism. The utilization of regional cultural potential can be maximized by increasing support from formal and informal institutions to manage this potential to support the image of the city.
Highlights
Indonesia is very rich in cultural diversity, customs, and traditions in various ethnic groups
It has become a city that has the branding TEPIAN (Shady, Neat, Safe and Comfortable) having rural cultural tourism Pampang, which is a cultural tourism area that shows the life of the Dayak Kenyah culture itself
Samarinda City is the capital of the province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, and the largest city in the entire island of Kalimantan
Summary
Indonesia is very rich in cultural diversity, customs, and traditions in various ethnic groups. It is precise with this diversity that is one of the supporting factors for Indonesia to unite and move forward Behind this created unity contains many aspects of the communication strategy, including the community’s problems regarding the values of the old man’s life which are currently used for cultural tourism potential, especially regarding the ancestral assets owned by each tribe. It has become a city that has the branding TEPIAN (Shady, Neat, Safe and Comfortable) having rural cultural tourism Pampang, which is a cultural tourism area that shows the life of the Dayak Kenyah culture itself In this village, tourists can see first-hand the culture and customs of the Dayak people, one of the oldest tribes living in the archipelago
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