Research Article
Karo ethnic local wisdom in the preservation of the hot springs ecosystem as a carrying capacity for Lau Sidebuk-Debuk nature tourism, Karo Regency
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325521, author={Trisni Andayani and Murni Eva Rumapea and Dedi Andriansyah and Daniel Kristoffer Sinuraya and Karina Bangun}, title={Karo ethnic local wisdom in the preservation of the hot springs ecosystem as a carrying capacity for Lau Sidebuk-Debuk nature tourism, Karo Regency}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture, ICIESC 2022, 11 October 2022, Medan, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIESC}, year={2022}, month={12}, keywords={local wisdom karo hot springs}, doi={10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325521} }- Trisni Andayani
Murni Eva Rumapea
Dedi Andriansyah
Daniel Kristoffer Sinuraya
Karina Bangun
Year: 2022
Karo ethnic local wisdom in the preservation of the hot springs ecosystem as a carrying capacity for Lau Sidebuk-Debuk nature tourism, Karo Regency
ICIESC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325521
Abstract
This study is a qualitative research with an ethnographic approach that aims to explore the cultural practices of the Karo ethnicity that affect the preservation of the hot spring ecosystem in Lau Sidebuk-Debuk Karo Regency. The hot springs in this location are one of the carrying capacities of nature tourism in Karo Regency. Through data collection through participatory observation (life in), unstructured ethnographic interviews, and the processing of data analyzed by Spradley^s ethnographic analysis technique, this study then reveals the existence of cultural practices still maintained by the Karo ethnic in that location. One of them is the form of offerings (Pajuh-pajuhen) which are placed at several locations close to the flow of hot springs. This action makes the area believed to have sacred value and is very limited for humans to enter. So, the physical structure of the flow of hot springs is still maintaine
