"Strands of Gumi Sasak Pearls" Harmony-based Tourism Products in Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara

Abstract

This research is aimed at identifying the Sasak ethnic art, Balinese ethnic and art acculturation in Mataram. Results ofsubsequent identification is packaged in a DVD for the Performing Arts with the theme of strands of Gumi Sasak pearls. The story in the DVD is wrapped with the story of Dewi Rengganis that will bring the potential of art and ethnicity in Mataram so that it can become a World tourist destination

The results showed that people's lives of Mataram city are quite harmonious eventhough composed of various ethnic groups such as Sasak as indigenous people, Balinese, Javanese, Malay and so forth that they are migrant population. Harmony is evident from the understanding of the city pluralism, then practiced in the tolerance life that create a harmonious life that becomes public capital to develop themselves. This harmonious situation is so interesting that it is realized in a collaborative art with the theme of strands of Gumi Sasak pearls that tells about the diversity of art and culture in the city of Mataram that lives in harmony. This story is wrapped in the story of Dewi Rengganis that becomes an original story of Sasak tribe. The result ofthis collaborative art is expected to be one ofthe selling points and at once an alternative tourism product that could help realize Mataram city to be one of the World‘s tourist destinations.

Keywords: pluralism of arts, tourism potential, Mataram City