Documentation of Enggano People’s Myths and Rituals in Order to Nation Resilience and Cultural Sustainability

Myths and rituals have been the source of defense and security in the life of Enggano people (Engganese). Myths and rituals need to be preserved by the way of documentation. The problem is that documentation in the island of Enggano is limited on the government related activities in the subdistrict office. As a remote and outermost island, Enggano is 100 km apart from North Bengkulu province. Enggano development has been hampered yet the influence of modern information technology life has penetrated into the life of the young generation such as the Enggano language that has begun to fade among the younger generation. Efforts to prevent Enggano cultural erosion can be done by electronically documenting the myths and rituals following the development of the people’s life style as well as preserving, maintaining and securing Enggano. Archival documents are the results of the recordings of local government and people’s activities in doing their daily life. Nevertheless, the documents created in the local village’s governmental office have not touched the documents recording the culture of the Enggano people which is the guide of the life and wisdom of Enggano ethnicity’s members. The limited access for the provincial and central governments becomes one of the aspects in the monitoring the documentation of Enggano people’s archives. The awareness and knowledge regarding the importance of documents also become a concern