Tri Hita Karana and Natural Resources Exploring  a way how this Nature is Preserved  and Potected  in Bali and Lombok  Islands

Mr. Ketut Warta

doi:https://doi.org/10.51768/dbr.v13i2.132201221

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Tri Hita Karana and Natural Resources Exploring a way how this Nature is Preserved and Potected in Bali and Lombok Islands

Ketut Warta

https://doi.org/10.51768/dbr.v13i2.132201221

Published Online: December 06, 2012

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1. * Ketut Warta, Dean of Faculty of Arts, Department of English, Institute of Tecaher Training and Science Education (IKIP), Mataram, Tenggara, Indonesia (ketutwarta@gmail.com)

This study is an attempt to explore a way of nature preservation and protection and the relations between Tri Hita Karana, local wisdom and natural resources. In addition, explanations why local wisdom is related to sustainability of natural resources were sought by examining a number of intervening variables.

Design/Methodology/Approach: A survey of 250 Hindu Balinese at two different settings, Bali (BL) and Lombok (LB) was conducted. Questionnaires dealing with the concept of Tri Hita Karana: belief, tradition, rites and festivals, and environment changes are distributed at two different settings to school children, the youth and the old. The collected sense data are statistically (%) analyzed.

Findings: Data analysis results that the practice and implementation of Tri Hita Karana are closely related to the preservation and protection of the natural resources in these two different Islands. The data also reveal that the involvement of the children, the youth and the old in practicing and implementing the local wisdom especially, in Ogoh-ogoh parade indicate positive increase in number. Therefore, Tri Hita Karana seems to have been practiced and effective way to keep the environment in harmony and balance.

Research Limitations/Implications: The data reported stemmed from two different settings and methods of data analysis have been the limitation of the study.

Practical Implications: Results of this study support the notion Tri Hita Karana and the precept think globally but, act locally proved true. Hopefully, these results would be of help for the local government to better understand the concepts and develop a way for the preservation and protection of the natural resources.

Originality/Values: This is the first explorative study on Tri Hita Karana and natural resources in two different settings. The study offers significant information to Hindu Balinese and local government at two different Islands.

Keywords

Tri Hita Karana, Tradition, Environment Change, Rites and Festival.

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