Pare Gumboh Luxury Cultural Festival Held Again, Kemenparekaf Asks For Deah's Dayak Culture To Be Guarded

JAKARTA - The village head of Liyu Sukri is grateful that the Pare Gumboh Luxury Cultural Festival can be carried out again with the support of the government. Sukri explained that Mesiwah Pare Gumboh is a traditional spirit ritual of the Deah Dayak Tribe which is intended to express gratitude after harvest.

The ritual includes Nyerah Ngemonta or the delivery of the harvest and Tombai, conveying thanks from the owner of the harvest to the ritual.

Balangan Regent Abdul Hadi stated that the people of Liyu Village continue to strive to preserve customs and preserve the environment.

"The forest is guarded by the Dayah Deah community, so it will continue to be preserved," he said, quoted from ANTARA, Sunday, July 23.

Present at the festival, representatives of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (Kemenparekraf) asked the Balangan Regency Government in South Kalimantan Province to protect the culture of the Dayak Deah Tribe, including the traditional ritual of Mesiwah Pare Gumboh.

"Of course, efforts to maintain this customs also need to be balanced with the development and arrangement of both regulations and facilities," said Inspector II of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy Kamal Rimosan as quoted in a government press release in Balangan on Sunday.

In this case, he said, local governments can, among other things, facilitate efforts to develop Dayak Deah cultural tourism as well as provide supporting facilities and infrastructure.