Aspects of local wisdom of Ramadelas tea in Angar Village, Kian Darat District, Eastern Seram Regency.

Abstract

One of the local commodities that is characteristic of the people of Maluku, especially in Angar Village, Kian Darat District, Eastern Seram Regency, is Rahmadelas Tea. Referring to this fact, this study aims to analyze the local wisdom of the community in cultivating ramadelas tea, and analyze the income of the people who cultivate ramadelas tea. The data that was successfully collected in the field research will be analyzed in a qualitative descriptive manner, namely the type of data in the form of information, both oral and written, on 8 families who are actively cultivating Rahmadelas Tea. The results of the study concluded that rahmadelas tea is a local wisdom of the people of Angar Village which is carried out for generations through oral traditions. However, with the development of rahmadelas tea, the oral tradition process began to shift to a written tradition when there were various developments in the rahmadelas tea business. On average, rahmadelas tea processing farmers receive a contribution of approximately 37.6 percent from the rahmadelas tea business.