Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: This study discusses about problems and solutions in revitalizing endangered tribe community in Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Indonesia.One of the endangered tribe communities in Pariangan is called Pidang Laweh tribe.This community has only one family which belongs to its member.Revitalization is needed to protect their life, culture, traditional house and the way of how they apply and respect their culture.All about the needs for their sustainable culture preservation should be provided by the local government to make them able to have the same degree with other communities.The purpose of revitalization is to empower their critical endangered life to be a better life.Through this research there were many problems faced such as misunderstanding of the program of revitalization, difficulties in gathering the material for traditional house, lack of paying attention to the future life, the influence of the modern life to traditional culture and the difference of perception about modern life.There are some solutions proposed to protect and to save them such as giving the wider access for the tribe members, financial support, educational and economic priority and to make them more aware of the culture itself.
Author: Irwan Malin Basa
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2485882850