Chemistry medicine is easy to get and also have
the same function with traditional medicine. The
society especially simalungun ethnic more prefer
using modern medicine rather than traditional
medicine, and it makes the incantation of mangarou
totok did not found any more in simalungun ethnic.
Based on the explanation above that this research
wants to find the process of treatment of newborn
baby teeth and the types of local wisdom in
incantation of mangarou totok. Then this research
used a qualitative paradigm with interactive model
and applied method, direct participatory observation,
written documents, and in-depth open-ended
interview. In-depth open-ended interviews were
applied to invent the information of incantation of
mangarou totok from informant (it’s called as datu
who knows about incantation of mangarou totok in
simalungun ethnic). Then to analysis data, the
researcher applied the interactive model according to
Miles and Huberman (2014).
2 CONCEPT HEADING
2.1 Local Wisdom
Local wisdom comes from the culture of societies
that inherited from generation to generation orally.
Local wisdom is a science that obtained from the
local community. Local wisdom can be used to
regulate human life in order to become a good human
being, to tune in order to achieve peace and
prosperity. Sibarani (2014) said that the local wisdom
is the positive values of culture. It means that not all
the positive values of culture at the past are good to
use in this era or this time, so sometimes some of the
positive values at the past cannot be used for the
generation in this times. So that the local wisdom
comes from positive cultural values that can still be
applied and utilized wisely in the present.
According to Sibarani (2017), Local wisdom is
the good ideas that come from societies wise,
wisdom, a good values, virtuous possessed, guide
and implemented by the societies. Then local
wisdom is the local genius or community’s wisdom
derived from the lofty value of cultural tradition in
order to manage the community’s social order or
social life. This definition emphasize on wisdom to
manage the social life that come from noble culture.
Then the other definition of local wisdom is the
value of local culture having been applied to wisely
manage the community’s social order and social life.
Its mean that emphasize on culture noble used to be
wise or wisdom manage the social life. Manage the
social life means solve the social problems of
societies likes crime and poverty.
More assertive Sibarani (2018) said that local
wisdom is the indigenous knowledge or local
wisdom of a society derived from to make peace and
improve the community welfare. Its means that the
local wisdom effort the peace and prosperity as a
basic to build the characters of human life especially
begin from child or young generation. And then
there are two types of core local wisdoms, namely:
local wisdom for people welfare or prosperity and
local wisdom for human beings’ peacefulness or
goodness. The local wisdom which can be used to
increase the welfare includes hard work, disciplines,
education, health, mutual aid or cooperation, gender
management, culture creativity and preservation, and
environment care. The local wisdom having purpose
to create peacefulness comprises the politeness,
honesty or integrity, social loyalty, harmony,
commitment, positive thinking, and compliment.
2.2 Incantation of Mangarou Totok
Incantation of Mangarou totok is one of incantation
in simalungun ethnic. Incantation of Mangarou totok
used to treat the teething. This incantation usually
done on the newborn baby teeth. The incantation of
mangarou totok needs plants to support the process
use is banana midrib. The banana midrib is cut into
the fingers of an adult. The banana midrib used
because it is very soft and safe for the baby health.
Here, we can see the text of incantation of
Mangarou totok in simalungun language as bellow:
Marsuksama hubani boras patini tanoh on.
(Open)
Ham siraja bangkut appa ham siraja musul-usol.
Usal-usol hon ma pisau balati ni si ucok/butet
Ase ulang tama “aroan ni” (core)
Iya sahmat.......iya sahmat......iya sahmat......iya
sahmat.........iya sahmat.....iya sahmat......iya
sahmat. (Close)
(Sources from Informant, location in Nagori Dolok
village, 01 September 2017)
2.3 Natural Resources
Natural resources is everything that not made by
humans hands. Natural resources is from the nature.
Natural resources plural: industrial materials and
capacities (such as mineral deposits and
waterpower) supplied by nature (Meriam, 1828). Its
means that the natural resource comes from the