Ethnobotany of Ngurisan Ritual by Sasak Tribe in Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
Slamet Mardiyanto Rahayu (a*), Luchman Hakim (b), Jati Batoro (b), Kurniasih Sukenti (c)

a) Doctoral Student of Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya
Jl. Veteran, Lowokwaru, Malang, Indonesia
*slamet.mardiyantorahayu84[at]gmail.com
b) Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya
Jl. Veteran, Lowokwaru, Malang, Indonesia
c) Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Mataram
Jl. Majapahit, Gomong, Mataram, Indonesia

Abstract

Sasak is a native tribe of Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The Sasak Tribe communities still maintain their traditional rituals- one of them is the Ngurisan Ritual (NR). NR is a ritual tradition of cutting the baby^s hair, which is carried by his father brought around the line of people (guests salvation) who read sholawat, while taking turns cutting the baby^s hair by using scissors, only the ends of the hair are cut, which aims to remove hot hair (hair section clumping) in order to avoid bad luck and at the same time carry out sunnah of the Prophet. This study aims to analyze the diversity of plants used in NR by the Sasak Tribe in Central Lombok Regency. The study was conducted in Sengkol Village, Mertak village, Kuta Village, and Sukadana Village with an ethnobotany approach through surveys using interviews and participatory observations. The data were analyzed qualitatively using descriptive statistics. There are 21 species belong to 15 families of plants used in the NR. The Sasak Tribe plant various types of these plants in cultural landscape units, namely: leah (homegarden), kebon (garden), and bangket (rice fields). This is an effort to conserve various plants that are useful in the NR.

Keywords: Tradition, Lombok Island, Cultural Landscape, Plant Conservation

Topic: Botany