Local Wisdoms on Luang Island, Southwest Moluccas, Indonesia and
Its Implementation in Learning
Kalvin Karuna
(1)
, Henderika Serpara
(2)
Universitas Pattimura, Indonesia
E-mail:
(1)
kievkaruna21@gmail.com
Abstract
Local wisdom included cultural patterns of interpretation of certain localities, pure values, and un-
written norms, which serve the social life of a community and environment to regulate. The head of
the ethnic groups in the community makeup but worries that the local wisdom are in danger lost to
go. This article describes the current state of local wisdom as a cultural pattern of interpretation on the
Luang Island - Indonesia. In addition, the manners, customs, and traditions of the community on the
island are observed and an interview with four teenagers and ahead of the community is performed.
The results of the observation and the interview are then presented and analyzed. The analysis has
shown the following: (a) there are several local wisdom, which the harmony of the life of the commu-
nity on the Luang island and the environment build may, for example, "urgeni, te'wa, hrukwu mnyota,
hlili mnyota, lyola" (b) the local wisdom has one long tradition in the community. However, this
seems lost to go because of the way of life of the local population. As a result, the valuable wisdom is
in a “culture shift” situation. The local wisdom should to be used in the classroom, so that students as
young generation be sensitized and note taking this wisdom.
Keywords: local wisdom; cultural patterns of interpretation; community; teaching.
Received: 15 December 2020; Revised: 22 April 2021; Accepted: 5 May 2021
INTRODUCTION
"Lain ladang lain belalang, lain lubuk
lain ikannya"- that is a well-known proverb in
Indonesian, which can be equated with the Eng-
lish proverb "other countries, other customs".
The saying is an appeal to solidarity for diversi-
ty. Unity in diversity is an important theme in
Indonesia. The origin of this motto has its origin
in the fact that Indonesia consists of 17,504 is-
lands, 633 ethnics, and 34 provinces.
The different customs and traditions of an ethni-
cally diverse group promote cultural pluralism,
but lead often to misunderstandings. Therefore,
these differences must be taken into account
when it is dealing with members of other ethni-
cal groups, because local wisdom becomes one
of the media to solve the problem (Kurnianto,
2020).
This contribution busies themselves with
the customs and domestic shrines on the Luang
island, in Southwest Moluccas. This island be-
longs to a series of islands, the south-west of the
capital of Maluku province is. The island is 317
nautical miles from the capital of the Moluccas
Province, and 202 nautical miles north of Aus-
tralia. The life on the island was by the so -called
Kalwedo culture dominated harmonious.
The concept Kalwedo includes Hnyoli-
lieta, a way of life, which is on the consideration
for fellow human beings focused. By Hnyoli-
lieta created different types of wisdom, the
strengthening harmony, solidarity, and brother-
hood in the community, for example, "Urgeni,
te'wa, Lyola, hrukwu Myota, hlili mnyota". Lo-
cal wisdom has one long tradition in the com-
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