Author(s): Mohammad Tofan Samudin, Hasan Muhamad, Rosmawati, Sulaiman Mamar, Ahmad Yani

Abstract: Bajo ethnic communities have a set of local wisdom in their social and cultural system which is then implemented into a religious beliefs and emotional ties in their transcendental relationship with supernatural powers, concept, and expression about life and its meaning, aim, orientation, knowledge, and interpretation framework of the world. This paper focused on three main issues; the form of local wisdom, the development of local wisdom as sociocultural resource in empowering coastal community of bajo ethnic, factors that can support and hinder the development of local wisdom and the way to reduce poverty in Bajo’s community at Tumora village Poso district, Poso. The objective of this study was to understand and describe sociocultural phenomenon existing in the culture-supporting society and gain a deep understanding of other cultural influences on the Bajo local wisdom.

Keywords: Local Wisdom, Socio-cultural resource, empowerment, the Bajo people.

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.4.2.45