PANDEMIC MITIGATION BASED ON LOCAL WISDOM : THE DE JAVU OF THE RITUAL OF REJECTING THE DOOM ^DONGKREK^
Dhea Savitri Erwayani, Armansyah

Notary Study Program, Faculty of Law, Pancasila University

Abstract

Pandemic Covid-19 has had a wide impact over the past two years, which not only resulted in the death and disruption of the economic sector but distorted the joints of social life. Various efforts have been made to prevent them, ranging from the application of regulations regarding social restrictions and strict health protocols, to mitigation with the Lockdown quarantine option to contain the spread of COVID-19. But there is an interesting thing found in the people of Mejayan Village who have a unique tradition of preventing Pandemic, which is a tradition in the form of the ritual of rejecting the doom,^Dongkrek^. Historically, it started in 1987 when sudden deaths were rampant in Mejayan Village. Various methods were carried out to relieve the plague, which was finally born to a sacred ritual ^Dongkrek^ to expelled the plague from Mejayan Village. This ritual becomes a habit that is carried out every year around the village, with the aim that there is no more outbreak. With the changing times, the ritual was developed by the community into a regional art that has become the character and pride of the Mejayan Village until now. Not only that, but ^Dongkrek^ is also one of the economic resources for local people so that local wisdom is always sustainable, as well as being a tourist attraction to boost the economy of Mejayan Village. In the perspective of Intellectual Property, the expression of traditional culture is a protected creation as regulated in Article 38 paragraph (1) of Law Number 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright that the copyright of the expression of traditional culture is held by the state. the expression of traditional culture is a collection of traditional creations both made by individuals and groups in a society that show social and cultural identities based on standards and values that are passed on for generations.
Along with the rapid development of the world, challenges and risks related to the protection and preservation of intellectual property, especially the expression of traditional culture will be higher amidst the current globalization, if people do not have an awareness of the importance of intellectual property in Indonesia related to its influence on the economy of the local communities, through alternative mitigation pandemic with the ritual of rejecting catastrophe, ^Dongkrek^.

Keywords: Dongkrek, The Expression Of Traditional Culture, Economy

Topic: Local Wisdom (Customary Law)