“Sambatan”: A Form of Community’s Local Wisdom in Facing the Threat of Abrasion in Kragan, Rembang, Indonesia

Abstract

---Abrasion occurrence in coastal area of Kragan resulted in a tremendous loss. However, the loss frightened no inhabitants of Kragan coast towards the practically annual abrasion. Independently, they conducted sambatan as a form of their local wisdom. This study aims for explaining a local wisdom namely “ sambatan ” that had long been carried out. Method used was survey research with qualitative descriptive analysis approach. Data was gathered with in-depth interview towards several informants relevant to the research purpose. The result of the study revealed that community experience on mitigating abrasion was urgently needed by government on establishing policy. The experience brought about an act of mitigation regarding to abrasion which was a local wisdom, sambatan . Community was accustomed to conducting sambatan as an implementation of local wisdom aimed for cooperation and mutual assistance to lessen the shared burden whether or not the abrasion occurred.