Tnyafar: Women, Livelihoods Strategy in Selaru Island, West Southeast Maluku District

Selaru Island community has long ago been familiar with activity of fulfilling needs through Tnyafar. Being a local wisdom, every household used Tnyafar as a livelihood strategy. Through Tnyafar, community exploited natural resources regularly to ensure the fulfillment of the needs. This research was aimed to analyze community activity that based on local wisdom and to understand the position of local wisdom in the process of fulfilling needs. Research used qualitative approach. Data collection technique involved depth interview and focussed group discussion. Informants were selected with Snowball Technique with land-owner as key informants. Other informants included Tnyafar Chief, Village Chief, and Tnyafar members either men or women. Result of research indicated that Tnyafar was a local wisdom expression in small island that takes into account the limited natural resources as the inheritance for the next generation. Also through Tnyafar, community did work activity together to ensure the fulfillment of needs. All the needs including food, cloth and shelter were fulfilled through the work output at Tnyafar.