Cultural Objects and Traditions of Negeri Soya of Ambon as a Tourist Attraction

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10.2991/978-2-494069-93-0_17How to use a DOI?

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traditional negeri; Negeri Soya; cultural objects; the richness of Indonesian traditions

Abstract

Ambon is one of the beautiful cities in Moluccas (Maluku) archipelago. Beside old forts and Portuguese and Dutch colonial heritage churches, the city has negeris and villages. A negeri is a unitary community of customary law. One of the negeris is named Soya (hereinafter referred to as Negeri Soya. It is one of the 22 negeris in Ambon that still maintains cultural traditions and customs handed down by their ancestors, both in tangible form (cultural objects) and intangible one (traditions and customs). The data gathering technique of this study was carried out by in-depth interviews with Mr. and Mrs. Raja (kings of the negeris), some members of the Negeri Soya’s saniri and the people of Negeri Soya. The author also visited the cultural objects.The results of the study shows that Negeri Soya’s culture and tradition riches have been preserved since ancient times when their ancestors arrived. The cultural objects include Teung Stones that are scattered in the territory of Negeri Soya. The stones are believed as the embodiment of the boat that brought the ancestors from their homeland on Seram Island. In addition there are Baileo, the King’s house, Soya church, old Sirimau jars, and other cultural objects. One of the traditions that is still alive today is the Negeri Washing which is held on Friday of the second week of December. The cultural and traditional wealth needs to be managed better to become one of the Ambon’s tourism attractions.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bernadeta Resti Nurhayati
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/01/25
TI  - Cultural Objects and Traditions of Negeri Soya of Ambon as a Tourist Attraction
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Business Law and Local Wisdom in Tourism (ICBLT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 136
EP  - 146
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-93-0_17
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-93-0_17
ID  - Nurhayati2023
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