Culture and Economic Resilience of “Baduy Tribe” in Indonesia

AMALIA1*, DEDEN MAULI DARAJAT2, ISMAWATI HARIBOWO1, RIZAL UMAMI AHMAD1,

ASMU’I3, ABDIL AZIZUL FURQON3

INDONESIA

INDONESIA

hindered during the Covid-19 pandemic. The main purpose of this research is to see the relationship between

culture and economic resilience strategies, especially in the "Baduy community” during the Covid-19 pandemic

crisis. Another uniqueness of the "Baduy Tribe" culture, namely simple happiness and healthy and frugal

living. The method used in this research is quantitative. The data used are primary and secondary. 100

respondents were obtained. Secondary data is obtained from the interview process with the resource person.

Based on this explanation, it can be concluded that there is a positive influence between culture (customs),

namely culture (simple happiness) and culture (frugal and healthy living) on the economic resilience of the

“Baduy community”. This finding certainly raises a new hypothesis that happiness can influence a new

development in the field of economic resilience. In the future, it seems that there needs to be more collaborative

research between social science and business economics for the development of economic resilience strategies

The Covid-19 virus has a negative impact on the

world economy, [1]. According to [2], The

economic impact caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic

has changed the culture in the economic sector and

work culture, [3]. This is reinforced by the results of

a survey conducted by the Central Statistics Agency

regarding Indonesia’s declining economic growth.

quarter of 2020, it increased by 2.97%, then in the

Indonesia’s macro conditions can be seen from

several events, such as in April 2020, around 1.5

million employees were laid off, [4]. Second, the air

service sector lost revenue of around Rp. 207

billion, of which around Rp. 48 billion of lost

was a decline in tax revenue. Tenth, the Corona

Virus also has an impact on investment, due to the

fear of investors carrying out investment activities,

on the other hand, investors delay investment due to

a lack of demand, [8].

in Indonesia, also experienced a downward trend in

terms of economic growth. Based on a report

published by the Central Statistics Agency, the year-

on-year economic growth of Banten Province in the

economic growth balance, Lebak Regency, which is

one of the administrative areas of the Banten

Province government, also experienced the same

thing. Based on BPS data, in a publication entitled

Lebak Regency Statistics in 2021, Lebak Regency

with this area is supported by the agricultural and

trade sectors as the largest contributor in

contributing to Lebak Regency's gross domestic

product in 2020, which is 7.86 Trillion Rupiah or

around 27.03% for the agricultural sector, and 3.60

"Baduy indigenous people" who live in the interior

of Lebak Regency, Banten Province, were not

hindered during the Covid-19 pandemic. They work

in the fields and produce various crafts. All

Bedouins continue to work and no one is

unemployed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Until

now, "Baduy indigenous people" have not

experienced economic problems due to the corona

pandemic that has occurred in many regions in

Indonesia. In addition, there is no food insecurity or

handicrafts have so far supported the family

economy, despite the outbreak of the Covid-19

pandemic. One of the Bedouin residents is currently

not only producing various Bedouin handicrafts but

has also marketed his products online or utilizing

digital technology to a number of well-known

'marketplaces' in Indonesia.

The main objective of this research is to

A study involving 155 adults in the U.S. over 6

Living safe and healthy starts from it is

such as rearranging expenditure items, setting aside

some money for emergencies, closing non-essential

expenditure items, spending enough on necessities

finance every three months.

the national economy, namely through the strength

of socio-cultural capital, [10]. This commodification

of socio-cultural capital can improve the people's

economy, namely by carrying out product and

research object "Baduy Tribe", because its

uniqueness is not the same as other tribes in various

countries. other countries in the world.

cultural capital is carried out through 4 steps of

recommendation. First, establishing a special

institution to study, develop, empower, prepare

infrastructure, and widely promote the results of

social and cultural capital. Second, make regulations

that encourage the increase of social and cultural

development to achieve Indonesia Gold in 2045 in

line with other pathways, such as low carbon

development and mainstream development

pathways.

problems of this research, the next section will

present the theoretical basis as well as some old

literature that supports a perception of the

formulation of this research hypothesis, before the

formulation of research methods for solving the

1) The Indonesian economic system is directed

at realizing just and equitable prosperity and

welfare throughout the archipelago through

a people's economy and to ensure the

continuity of national development and the

survival of the nation and state based on

sector must strive to achieve economic

growth, equity, and stability.

5) The ability to compete must be grown

healthily and dynamically to maintain and

improve the existence and security of the

national economy; by optimally utilizing

national resources as well as appropriate

science and technology facilities in dealing

with every problem and by still paying

attention to job opportunities.

healthy and dynamic economic stability and create

national economic independence with high

competitiveness, [12].

The family as the smallest community in

the variable Culture (simple happiness); Culture

(frugal and healthy living) and economic resilience

of the "Baduy Tribe" community use a Likert scale

consisting of strongly agree (5); agree (4); neutral

(3); disagree (2) and strongly disagree (1), [17]. The

explanation of the variable indicator arrangement is

as follows.

The structural equation modeling test uses 3 test

Table 2. Characteristic respondents

(simple happiness) and Culture (saving and healthy

living) variables on economic resilience, the value is

0.770. While the Outer Model is evaluated based on

Figure 2, using Composite reliability data obtained

the following values, Culture (simple happiness) is

0.886; Culture (saving and healthy living) is 0.880;

Economic resilience is 0.876. The composite

reliability value for all variables is above the value

of 0.70. With these results, all variables have been

constructed and have good reliability, in accordance

Fig. 3: Hypothesis Test Results (t-count)

Fig. 4: Hypothesis Test Results (p-value)

Hypothesis testing in this study was carried out

This is also reinforced based on the researcher's

observation when staying there.

include “rice, kencur, ginger, durian, corn, banana,

petai, and also palm”. The plants that have been

mentioned are often planted in the fields of the

“Baduy community”. However, of these plants, only

rice is not traded by the “Baduy community”. This

is a provision that has been determined by the

“Baduy” custom. Even now, the tradition of

community, it is necessary to analyze the economic

behavior of a community group. To analyze this,

several economic behaviors need to be explained.

society usually consists of 3 processes namely:

production patterns, distribution patterns, and

consumption patterns.

First, the production pattern. This activity is the

Production in economics is defined as any action

that is intended to add value to the use of goods and

services to meet human needs.

"Baduy community" group is a vast production

forest, which sustains the agricultural and plantation

styles that have been passed down from generation

to generation. One of the efforts to increase

production is the available capital. However, this

capital is not only related to the economic aspect,

attitude. As it is known, the "Baduy community" is

one of the community groups that are still thick with

customary values. However, along with the

development of the times, in the aspect of

production, the “Baduy community” has dared to

make innovations. One of the products that are the

result of the innovation of the "Baduy community"

in line with the customary law conveyed by "Jaro

Sami" that the "Baduy community" lives as it is.

To survive when facing a crisis condition, people

need the right strategy. An economic resilience

strategy is the ability of a person or group to recover

quickly from the source of problems experienced in

the economic aspect, [22]. However, to find out the

resilience strategy, there are some important issues

the ownership of land, which is the main natural

resource, has been owned by adat, it makes the

management easier. Land ownership is the most

important thing in "The Baduy community".

Theoretically, the land ownership of natural

resources owned by adat contains the basic principle

of people's economy, which is developed by [23].

The basis of the people's economy is that the

controlled by the state, and used to the greatest

Baduy community sees the figure of "puun" and

"jaro" as someone very important and also sacred.

Therefore, when "puun" and customary elders have

determined a customary law, there is no other

choice for the Baduy community to implement it. It

is due to the high trust of the "Baduy community" in

that figure.

Based on the explanation, there are elements of

resilience strategy, ideology, and activity that are

closely related to the economy. It is due to the

In addition, the economic resilience strategy

Based on the findings and analysis of this

A limitation of this research is the lengthy

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