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- 25 Copyright © 2021, JDR, E ISSN 2579 -9347 P ISSN 2579-9290 Available online at JDR Website: http://journal.unublitar.ac.id/jdr Journal Of Development Research, 5 (1), May 2021, Pages 25-29 DOI: https://doi.org/10.28926/jdr.v5i1.126 brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by Journal of Development Research