The Local Government Concept to Protect the Value of Community Cultural Traditions (Pariaman West Sumatra) in Regional Regulations

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to look at the local government's public policy analysis so that it becomes a rule and see the regulations' efforts in protecting the values of traditional culture.   Method: The research method is part of the methodology. The types of data employed in this research approach are primary data and secondary data. Field research was used to collect primary data. Primary legal resources, legal secondary sources, and tertiary legal materials comprise the secondary data. Comprehensive interviews and witnessing participants were employed to obtain data for this study. Participatory observation is the process of being involved in specific activities aimed to observe communities as well as their condition. Data analysis was carried out through interpretive case study narratives. This research was done in Pariaman City and Padang Pariaman Regency of the West Sumatera Province. Within the two chosen areas, were 4 villages selected, which became the parameter for the custom of Bajapuik marriage traditions through the cultural principle of Salinga Nagari. The 2 villages located in Pariaman City are Angkek Padusunan IV Village and Kurai Taji Village. In Padang Pariaman District, Nagari Gunung Padang Alai and Nagari Kudu Ganyang was chosen as the research location.    Results: The Pariaman Regional Government must establish a Regional Regulation on Cultural Preservation as Local Wisdom so that the Regional Regulation on Cultural Protection as Local Wisdom is an apparent consensus to the ideal concept of preserving cultural traditions' values in the Pariaman community.