Ritual Warung Hupu Liku (WHL) : Pengetahuan Ekologis Tradisional (PET) Komunitas Tradisional Sumba, Nusa Tenggara Timur (Warung Hupu Liku Ritual : A Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Sumbanese Traditional Community, Eastern Nusa Tenggara)

Wohangara, B. Retang Ritual Warung Hupu Liku (WHL) : Pengetahuan Ekologis Tradisional (PET) Komunitas Tradisional Sumba, Nusa Tenggara Timur (Warung Hupu Liku Ritual : A Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Sumbanese Traditional Community, Eastern Nusa Tenggara). Seminar ekologi integral 2023. pp. 1-12.

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Abstract

Amidst the ongoing ecological crises, there is an urgency to identify nature-friendly human behaviors. When modern people are worried about the getting fragile and angrier earth and then complain about their unsustainable lifestyles, there has been a call and movement, since the 1980s, to understand, and give room and recognition to Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), embraced by traditional communities. This article attempts to describe an ecological ritual practiced by the traditional community living in the island of Sumba. The ritual, called 'warung hupu liku' (putting back the rope tips), could give is an idea of how the community understands their relationship with nature, which in turn, exposes their ecological ethics. Primary research data were collected through interviews with 4 experts of Sumbanese culture/environmental activists and 2 ritual speakers (wunang). The research reveals that WHL ritual portrays the Sumbanese’s worldview of human-nature relationship. For the Sumbanese traditional communities, human and nature are partners which maintain reciprocity. In this reciprocal relationship, nature should be treated with utmost respect. “Take what you need” is an ecological ethic allowing nature to restore and sustain human’s life. Indonesia is rich in TEK, and in line with the cause of integral ecology, TEK should contribute to ecological discourses and policies by working in tandem with 'modern' approaches to address current ecological issues.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	300 Social Sciences 300 Social Sciences > 360 Social problems and social services > Ecology
Divisions:	Faculty of Language and Art
Depositing User:	Mrs Christiana Sundari
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2023 04:56
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2023 04:56
URI:	http://repository.unika.ac.id/id/eprint/32529

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