Memaknai Potensi Lompat Batu (Hombo Batu) bagi Masyarakat Bawomataluo Nias Selatan dari Budaya Tradisional menjadi Budaya Wisata

Abstract

At first the stone jumping culture (hombo batu) is a traditional culture that is owned by the whole village joined in Maenamolo Ori. Hombo batu culture has a history laden with war, patriotism and heroic character. Bawomataluo village today is the only village which still keeps the results of South Nias culture complete with traditional cultural attributes typical of South Nias including hombo batu. Bawomataluo village also store the results of the South Nias culture other than hombo batu, such as dance and ritual culture, stone megaliths and houses that are centuries old. Hombo batu was once a place of physical exercise for youths in Ori Maenamolo, as well as a measure of the maturity of a young man to become a warrior. According to the narrative of the informants, they say that as time goes by and the times, the culture hombo batu has now become a tourist culture, this change is also affecting changes hombo batu in terms of form, meaning and function of the real. Hombo batu into one of the attractions that are not less interesting to other tourist attractions in South Nias, various actions and styles of the jumper when you're on the air. The tourists are not satisfied taste if you do not see the attraction of this. It also makes the village youth in tourist destinations and activities have made this tradition into a commercial activity. To watch this attraction, the tourists have to pay some money to the stone jumper. Changes in traditional culture into tourist culture has brought socio-economic and cultural changes for people Bawomataluo village. Hombo batu cultural function changes in the present has provided opportunities and employment opportunities are more open to the public Bawomataluo, who directs this village and surrounding communities to be more self-sufficient and prosperous. The method used is the case study method with a qualitative approach. Data was collected by observation, interview, and literature study. In this study, the unit of analysis is the village community Bawomataluo Fanayama District of Nias, tourists hombo batu and society immigrants who came from the island of Nias. Interpretation of the data is done by using the data obtained from observations and interviews, which are interpreted based on a literature review support so that it can be concluded.