Traditional Wisdom of Batak Toba Community in Preserving Lake Toba Ecosystem in Harian Sub District, Samosir District, North Sumatera Province

R. Hamdani Harahap, Shofwan Al Faraoqy Hasibuan

2018

Abstract

This study examines the local wisdom of the BatakTtoba community in preserving the environment traditionally. This research is located in District Harian, Samosir Regency. The method used in this research is a qualitative approach, especially ethnography, and using observation techniques, interviews with snowball techniques.The results showed that people in Harian district had not used lake water for their daily needs because it was considered contaminated. But the people of Hariansubdistrict still use the lake for irrigation, bathing, washing and floating net cage cultivation. They almost forgot about the traditional wisdom that ever existed. Only some of the traditional wisdom is still done by the community such as taboo and restrictions on lakes, taboo and restrictions in the forest. The waning of traditional wisdom is mainly due to religious presence and widespread use of ecosystems for income generating. It is necessary to revitalize the traditional wisdom that is increasingly lost, and maintain the traditional wisdom that still exists

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hamdani Harahap R. and Al Faraoqy Hasibuan S. (2018). Traditional Wisdom of Batak Toba Community in Preserving Lake Toba Ecosystem in Harian Sub District, Samosir District, North Sumatera Province. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD, ISBN 978-989-758-543-2, pages 332-336. DOI: 10.5220/0009902400002480

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icnrsd18,
author={R. Hamdani Harahap and Shofwan Al Faraoqy Hasibuan},
title={Traditional Wisdom of Batak Toba Community in Preserving Lake Toba Ecosystem in Harian Sub District, Samosir District, North Sumatera Province},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,},
year={2018},
pages={332-336},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009902400002480},
isbn={978-989-758-543-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,
TI - Traditional Wisdom of Batak Toba Community in Preserving Lake Toba Ecosystem in Harian Sub District, Samosir District, North Sumatera Province
SN - 978-989-758-543-2
AU - Hamdani Harahap R.
AU - Al Faraoqy Hasibuan S.
PY - 2018
SP - 332
EP - 336
DO - 10.5220/0009902400002480