Open AccessSave the Forest and Biodiversity: A Cultural Anthropology Perspectives on Kalumpang Customary to Preserve their Ecological Living
Author(s) -
A. R. Asba,
Fathu Rahman,
A. L. Evita
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/270/1/012005
Subject(s) - indigenous , mythology , environmental ethics , safeguarding , ideology , ecology , natural (archaeology) , biodiversity , sociology , geography , political science , law , history , politics , biology , archaeology , medicine , philosophy , nursing , classics
The ecological life intended in this research review is everything related to the protection and preservation of the planet’s environment with various ecosystems and species in it. Whether we realize it or not, each habitat naturally contributes to all aspects of human ecology. No exception with Kalumpang people. The objective of this paper is to review the formulated formulas: 1) provides an overview of the patterns of life of the Kalumpang indigenous people in their interactions with nature, 2) identifies the myths and pamali believed by the indigenous Kalumpang people related to natural management, and 3) reveals the conservation model forest based on local wisdom (myths & pamali) which they inherited from generation to generation. This study uses a cultural anthropology approach by utilizing a study library with qualitative in manner. The result of the study revealed that there are three functions of the myth of Kalumpang in protecting the forest and its biodiversity, they myths have a legal function that can control the pattern of human actions in safeguarding nature so as not to damage the living order and environment; ii) myths can be used to preserve nature such as rivers, natural environment, and forests; iii) Indigenous peoples need to have freedom in carrying out the customary law that they believe in. Through this way, they uphold their cultural ideology in nature conservation.