Communicating Climate Change Through Local Traditions of Bayan Village, North Lombok Regency

Abstract

Disasters are events that are difficult for science to predict. There are many types of disasters that occur, especially in the Bayan area, North Lombok Regency. One of the disasters that occurs is a disaster due to climate change. Many parties are paying attention to this situation, giving rise to various forms of training and technical guidance related to disaster mitigation. Various forms of mitigation knowledge are accepted by the community. One of them is community knowledge and adaptation to disasters based on local knowledge which can be said to be part of the disaster communication process. If linked to local knowledge in disaster studies, this communication is characterized by symbolic language reflected in dances, games, rituals, etc. This communication symbol has been formulated from generation to generation based on prevailing traditions. So it is in this context that traditional traditions as local knowledge emerge as an alternative source of knowledge. It is possible for this knowledge to have an integrative nature and influence each other with global knowledge. Starting from this point, researchers feel it is important to know in depth how to communicate awareness of disaster mitigation related to climate change through local traditional traditions. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method through in-depth interviews and FGD strategies, and then the validity of the data is analyzed through data triangulation. So the results show that there are several efforts to communicate climate change to the indigenous people of Bayan village, namely: Preserving Traditions Related to Nature, Establishing Traditional Schools to Build Knowledge Related to Traditional Traditions, and Building Awareness Through Awig-Awig. There are inhibiting and supporting factors in efforts to preserve the environment through traditional rituals. Inhibiting factors are the limited distance between residents' houses and communicators, supporting factors are culture, family background, and norms.