Local Wishdom Of Sodong Village In Preventing Covid 19 Spread Comparing To Indonesian Goverment’s Its Mitigation

10.2478/bjlp-2022-002133

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe and explain the local wisdom of the people living in Sodong village in regard to minimizing the effects of Covid-19. The study was carried out in Sodong village, Gelangkulon village, Sampung village, Ponorogo village, East Java, Indonesia over a period of one year using an ethnographic qualitative research strategy. The data were analyzed using a qualitative interactive model method. The findings showed that the community had carried out mitigation by engaging in a variety of activities both vertically (spirit powers) and horizontally (humans and nature), such as the personal philosophy values of life, memayu hayuning kulawarga, memayu hayuning sasama, and memayu hayuningbawana, among others; (1) carrying out the ritual of disaster disappearance known as Nyadran Danyang Gadung Melati and tapa