Revitalization of Religious Tourism Sidoarjo

Mohammad Mochtar Mas’od

Master Program of Human Resource Development Graduate School, Airlangga University Surabaya, Indonesia

Keywords: Urban, Community, Asset Based Community Development

Abstract: The challenges of managing the city in Sidoarjo are very complex due to population, socio-economic

conditions that are constantly changing and the limited carrying capacity of the ecosystem. It is also due to

the need to pay attention to the new paradigm related to the mainstreaming of science and technology and

innovation through the Joint Regulation of the Minister of Research and Technology and the Ministry of

Home Affairs (No. 3/2012 and No. 36/2012) which is concerned with Strengthening Regional Innovation

Systems (SIDa). Dusun Jasem, Bulusidokare Subdistrict, Sidoarjo has an undeveloped creative economic

potential. It is Makam Mbah Sayid Sayid (the first Islam spreader in Sidoarjo), that can be a religious

tourism-based economy. The study was conducted using the Asset-Based Community Development Method

(ABCD) which is responsible for both non-physical (HR) and physical elements. Restore is fostering self-

confidence and awareness that will exist as well as significant usability for their own welfare.

1 INTRODUCTION

Reality is something that can be seen, touched and

felt and it is closely related to the place of assistance.

In reality, there are some assets that diminish their

functions such as Mbah Sayid tomb and motorcycle

wash. This change might cause the economic

conditions and the culture of the villagers to

decrease. This happens due to the way Jasem society

acts and reacts.

Values do not exist by themselves. They must be

attached to something, either a living thing or not.

The value exists through long processes both verbal

and non-verbal. There are two values that exist in

Jasem Village, Bulusidokare, Sidoarjo namely local

wisdom in the community and the value brought by

Mbah Sayid. The value that is more dominant and

felt to bring more benefits in Jasem is the value

brought by Mbah Sayid but the community tend to

deny it.

The way the society acts might be affected by its

location, which is an urban area, and it is mostly a

pragmatic and hedonic community, in particular

having diverse backgrounds. In 1965, Mbah Ud

mentioned that the old entombment that already

exists is the tomb of Habib Abdurrahman bin Alwi

Bafaqih, the first spreader of Islam in Sidoarjo. Back

then Jasem was just a large unkempt yard that within

30 years has transformed into a religiously populated

area, a region that has an Islamic value in the

religious tourism assets. In the 1980s Mbah Sayid

could be said to be famous, as he has made great

contributions to Jasem in many aspects.

It further became the beginning of the settlers,

either the exodus from colonialism or those who

tried to look for a better future. There is much

inculturation coloring the entombment of Mbah

Sayid. In addition, it has been explained that Mbah

Sayid is a spreader of Islam who wis not yet widely

known by the public and must be explored and

promoted more in order to make it a useful scientific

treasure especially in Sidoarjo.

Only few know that Mbah Sayid is one of the

spreaders of Islam supported by a very classical

building architecture in Sidoarjo. In addition, it can

be a reference to the prospects for asset and cultural

developments. The assets must first be introduced to

the community to whom they belong. However, it

must be preceded by an inculturation process and it

is important especially for the researcher to make a

good synergy and to minimize misunderstandings so

that the purpose of the research to optimize the

entombment of Mbah Sayid as a well-known

religious tourism object can be achieved.

The culture is not a part of the asset. However,

culture has a great influence as documentation based

on relevant sources; in this regard, Mbah Sayid, has

not been well known yet in the society. What is

equally important is the sense of belonging and the

way the society preserves the asset and culture. The

Mochtar M, M.

Revitalization Of Religious Tourism Sidoarjo.

DOI: 10.5220/0007536900280035

In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School (ICPS 2018), pages 28-35

ISBN: 978-989-758-348-3

purpose will be the development of assets and

culture especially in both Jasem RT. 14 and Sidoarjo.

The local government is expected to protect the

asset, support and promote the entombment of Mbah

Sayid so that it will be widely known by the society.

Similar to how the history of Mbah Sayid was

shaped since 1980, this place has become the

religious tourism destination for the enthusiastic and

attracted visitors. The visitors strongly believed the

influence of Mbah Sayid is greater than any Kiai

(respected spiritual leader or teacher of Islam). For

instance, KH Agus Ali Masyhuri, nicknamed Gus

Ali, who is not a descendant of any Ulama, yet is

successful with his preaching. Then, there is Mr.

Somad, a merchant from Madura, who became

successful after regularly visiting the sacred

entombment of Mbah Sayid, and thus was given the

karomah (blessing).

The namesake Sayid was given in reference to

the exodus of ulama or Moslem scholar in Abbasid

era. However, many people still think subjectively

that a devotional visit to an entombment was a bad

thing. The lack of knowledge and the short-minded

mindset are very regretted by the youth in Sidoarjo.

As a result, the sacred entombment has almost no

visitors at all.

The location of research for developing the

economy based on religious tourism is intentionally

chosen to be near the villagers’ houses, and thus

cutting the costs and time. The given period to finish

the program was only four months. There were

troubles such as the last lecture schedule of TTG

(The Correct Use of Technology), the personal

problems and the difficulty in gaining the villagers’

trust. Thankfully, all the assistance process ended

quite as expected and hopefully the benefits will

return to the villagers of Jasem themselves.

2 LITERATURE REVIEW AND

METHODS

Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) is a

community led approach originally developed by

John McKnight and John Kretzmann, that is built on

four foundational elements (Kretzmann, 2010;

Kretzmann and McKnight, 1993; Mathie and

Cunningham, 2003):

1. It focuses on community assets and strengths

rather than problems and needs (strength based

rather than a deficit approach): Many traditional

approaches to working in communities begin

with a needs analysis or needs mapping, which

focuses on problems in the community, and can

lead to communities being labelled as deficient

and disfunctional. This identity is often absorbed

by people who live there and can result in a

perpetual cycle of disconnection and problems.

The more disfunctional a community is labelled,

the more funds are invested and controlled by

external agencies. Focusing on the strengths and

assets of a community starts with what makes a

community strong, and recognising that everyone

has skills, interests, and experience that can

contribute.

2. It identifies and mobilises individual and

community assets, skills and passions. There are

at least six broad types of assets, which can be

mapped and mobilised in communities,

including: 1. The skills and abilities of

individuals within the community, particularly

people who are passionate about the community

and are good at making connections. 2. Voluntary

community organisations and networks and what

they offer (or could offer) to the community. 3.

Institutions (e.g. non-government organisations,

not for profits, government agencies, businesses)

that are already connected to the community

(particularly small, local institutions); 4. The

physical environment (both natural and built) 5.

The local economy in a broad way that includes

the informal economy (e.g. people swapping

goods and services, voluntary work) as well as

the traditional economy (e.g. production,

consumption). 6. The stories, culture and heritage

of the community.

3. It is community driven – ‘building communities

from the inside out’ (Kretzmann & McKnight,

1993): More and more, asset-based community

development is being termed asset based

community-driven or community-led

development to emphasise the leadership role of

community rather than external agencies.

4. It is relationship driven: The relationships and

social networks that exist within communities are

assets in their own right, but in addition to this,

building relationships between ‘assets’ within the

community is an important part of ABCD and

asset mapping (Mathie & Cunningham, 2003).

Mathie and Cunningham (2002) suggest that

‘ABCD is a practical application of the concept

of social capital’ (p. 9) because of the emphasis it

places on informal networks and by drawing on

their power to mobilise other community assets.

Through building relationships, communities are

able to gain access to resources, networks and

energy that might otherwise remain hidden.

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ABCD draws on a range of approaches and

principles including:

• Appreciative inquiry which identifies and

analyses the community's past successes,

strengthening confidence in capacity and

inspiring action.

• The recognition of social capital and its

importance as an asset; focussing on the power

of associations and informal linkages within the

community.

• Participatory approaches to development; based

on principles of empowerment and ownership of

the development process.

• Community economic development models that

prioritise collaborative efforts for economic

development using the local resource base.

• Efforts to strengthen civil society; engaging

people as citizens (rather than clients) in

development and making local governance more

effective and responsive.

Asset-based community-driven development

challenges how professionals (including community

development practitioners) see their role in working

with communities, and requires listening deeply to

communities.

3 RESULT

3.1 Enculturation

The enculturation process was conducted for two

months starting from 15 March until 29 April 2017.

There were activities such as silaturrahmi

(maintaining good relationships), ngopi (drinking

coffee, usually while sitting around idly or while

chatting), and participating in the society events – to

be a part of society as the basic of social skill for

further association. The association with

silaturrahmi was done in the first two weeks; the

association with ngopi was done in the next one

week, with two days interval (two days were with

ngopi activity, two days were not). The researcher

also joined another enculturation process called

diba’ activity. The activity was started two weeks

after the information given by the local inhabitants

during silaturrahmi and ngaji. Despite knowing that

diba’ was a routine activity carried out every

Thursday night, the researcher wished to be invited

independently by the society.

Below is the further detailed explanation. The

very first activity carried out by the researcher was

silaturrahmi. As for the information, the researcher

is still a part of the community and the purpose of

silaturrahmi or gathering is to make a closer

emotional intimacy between the society, the

stakeholder, and every key person who helped the

researcher in conducting the ABCD process. The

first silaturrahmi was a visit to the house of

neighbourhood association chief, Mr. H. Adek, and

then followed by the visits to the elders’ house that

are respected for their role of wisdom and

contribution, such as Mak Ti, Mbah Putri, Cak Azis

and Habib Ayik (key-informan). During

silaturrahmi, the researcher conveyed the aim of the

visit. The researcher was very grateful to be

welcomed excitedly, although there was a little

hesitation, because of the simple-minded mindset of

the elders – as Cak Azis had warned, but the

researcher convinced all the elders that the proposed

activity will give a beneficial advantage. The

researcher also explained another aim of the activity

that is as the fulfillment of the final assignment

given by the department of Islamic Society

Development study program of Islamic State

University Sunan Ampel Surabaya. The period of

silaturrahmi activity is varied due to some

circumstances, such as the researcher’s own business

and the different urban situation of the location,

where at the other places people usually stay home

at night.

Fortunately, there is routine voluntary work

conducted each month so that it greatly helped the

researcher in the enculturation process. The

voluntary work was held two weeks before the

arrival of the Fasting Month. The voluntary work

started from 06.00 o’clock local time zone and was

used to clean the cemetery. The researcher prepared

sacks for taking in the dirty mud around the burial

plot. 60 people participated in the voluntary work

including adult men, teenage boys and even male

children. The adult women were preparing meals for

everyone who joined voluntary work. The researcher

was truly touched by the harmonious cooperation

between the local inhabitants, which then inspired

the researcher to do the ABCD association program.

After the long silaturrahmi activities including

ngopi every night and doing voluntary work, the

researcher proceeded to continue the following

activity of enculturation that is joining diba’.

The congregation of diba’ is the fourth

community that also contributes a significant

influence for the society development and

empowerment specifically in neighbourhood of

youth and children association. The community

firstly joined by congregation of diba’ only. Then it

eventually strengthens the religious empowerment

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within the society, especially for kids and teenagers,

and now it has already consisted of 14 men and 25

women. The existence of diba’ is believed to

strengthen the mental condition of the children and

greatly helped them to avoid inappropriate

behaviour exemplified by their parents, including

drinking alcoholic drinks and gambling (togel).

At particular times during the last weeks of the

enculturation process, that is during the end of

March and the beginning of May, the researcher then

proceeded to continue the discovery process, which

was one of the processes done during the initial

process of enculturation ngopi, as explained below.

3.2 Discovery

Discovery is a process of finding some new things at

the research site. It is correlated and supported by

complementary material of association process Asset

Based Community Development. Discovery was

conducted from 30 April until 23 May 2017.

Discovery process also includes an interview,

which is an assurance in the association process. The

interview with Mr. Sugeng was accompanied by the

neighbourhood youth association represented by Sir

Rif’an. The interview was conducted during

enculturation started from 19.15 until 22.30 o’clock

West Indonesian Time Zone. The session was spent

by discussing the village, the researcher’s purpose in

conducting the research, as well as Mr. Sugeng’s life

experiences, including his education background, his

career advancement and his current life. The

researcher interviewed several key people, whom the

researcher chose by a random sampling method,

such as the adult male villagers represented by Mr.

Sugeng, the adult female villagers represented by

Mak Ti, and the teenagers represented by Cak Azis.

The interview was done relatively and dynamically

depending on the researcher’s condition, the

audience, as well as the weather. Due to exhaustion

and the disagreement of the villagers, the interview

session was postponed for one day or a week.

Despite those unfortunate conditions, the researcher

keeps raising the intention and the enthusiasm in

order to finish the association process.

Ngopi, there is almost no end to discussing this

activity. From ngopi activity, the researcher found

out the general description of the research site. One

night during coffee time or ngopi, the researcher

unintentionally overheard some information from

Mak Ti, the owner of djadul coffee shop, “In

1980s,in this place, Sir (The Entombment of the

Holy Islamic Leader Mbah Sayid or Habib

Abdurrahman bin Alwi Bafaqih) was very crowded

due to so many visitors came here to make a

devotional visit, some were the elders, who now have

already died!”, the information has given additional

material for the researcher to do the following

association process Asset Based Community

Development, those are dream and design.

The next discovery process was chatting with the

villagers. The process was done every night, began

from evening up to late night. The researcher chatted

with many villagers from different backgrounds and

social status, such as private company employee,

ordinary employee, entrepreneurs, and civil state

employee. The chat was about the entombment of

Mbah Sayid and the financial condition of the

villagers. From the result of the talk, the researcher

can conclude that Mbah Sayid’s role cannot be

detached from the society. After gathering the data,

the researcher had a talk with Habib Ayik, Cak Azis,

and Haji Adek who are the Key-People of the next

ABCD process, dream and design. The researcher

showed the accumulated data and conveyed the

purpose of the research to them, that it is to assist the

economic empowerment in society based on

religious tourism. They warmly expect and back-up

and even facilitate the process until it is finished.

Then we reach an agreement to execute the dream

and design process on 10 May 2017 at 20.00 o’clock

West Indonesian Time Zone. The further explanation

will be described below.

3.3 Dream and Design

Dream and Design are combined into one theme

Forum Group Discussion (FGD) for revitalising the

entombment of Mbah Sayid as the realisation of

Habib Ayik, Cak Azis, and Haji Adek’s wish. The

activity was done on Sunday 10 May 2017 at 20.00

West Indonesian Time Zone in the house of the 14

neighbourhood association chief, H. Adek. Despite

not using the formal written invitation letter and just

orally spread, this activity was successfully held and

the number of attendees was as expected. Below is

the attendance list of the villagers who attended

FGD:

Table 1 : FGD Attendance List

No. Name

Age

(years)

1. Mas A

42 14

2. Cak Azis 31 14

3. H. Ade

45 14

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4. Bole

34 14

5. Ririn 22 14

6. Yus 22 16

7. Akba

23 16

8. Haki

17 16

9. Rian 22 15

10. Bonde

38 15

11. H. Udin 44 15

From the list above, it can be described that the

representative attendees from the 14

neighbourhood association were Sir Ayik as habib

and caretaker of the sacred entombment of Mbah

Sayid, Cak Azis as the senior and respected by the

other youths, H. Adek as the chief of the 4

neighbourhood association, Bolet as an active and

humorous youth association member, and Ririn as

female secretary of the neighbourhood youth

association. From the 16

neighbourhood

association, the attendees were represented by Yus as

the chief from congregation of diba’, Akbar as one

of the respected youth association members, and

Hakikas the student of Islamic Boarding School

Putat. The last was the representative attendees

from the 15

neighbourhood association, including

Rian and H. Udin as a pair of father and son who

contribute the same influence and are the founders

of NSJ sound-system which is very well-known in

Sidoarjo, and also Bondet as a respected treasurer

from youth association. Forum Group Discussion

was attended by 11 people and divided into two

session, the first session:

3.3.1 Dream

Dream is described as an Asset Based Community

Development process about what dream is expected

to be true by the society around the sacred

entombment of Habib Abdurrahman bin Alwi

Bafaqih or Mbah Sayid and is illustrated as follows:

Table 2 : FGD Result

No. Dream Vote

1. Revitalisation of Mbah Sayid

entombmen

2. Rebuild community

developmen

eutral 2

Source: FGD, May 10, 2017, 9.30pm

To revitalise the sacred entombment of Mbah

Sayid is what had been dreamt of by six people. The

real action would be done as immediately as

possible; however, still following the legal

procedure which takes time. It took two hours for

Cak Azis, H. Adek, and H. Ayik to describe the

process after gathering the villagers. There was also

interesting and funny talk to enlighten the heavy

atmosphere around FGD participants. Bolet initially

could not accept and stated that there is no possible

relevance between economical empowerment and

religious tourism. However, as Cak Asiz accurately

explained, every participant finally could reach an

agreement in a democratic way through voting. The

majority votes will be the top priority, which is to

re-build the villagers’ already existing business,

such as car and furniture wash. The villagers believe

that the business will increase the job opportunities,

will make them become economically independent,

and the profit can support them financially as well as

support the funding money for revitalising the sacred

entombment of Mbah Sayid, without following the

proper administration and procedure, such as making

a proposal and invitation letter. Re-build plan has

three votes, while there are two attendees who did

not give their vote or were neutral, but they will

support whatever the decision would be.

3.3.2 Design

The design process was held two hours after dream

only by a thirty minutes interval. The process is to

design whatever is good and needed, such as

financial support, material, and knowledge. This step

designs everything to implement the society dream

as illustrated in the previous week.

The revitalisation of the sacred entombment of

Mbah Sayid used innate funds from the villagers

obtained through the process to rebuild the already

available business run by the villagers. The material

is in the form of a pocket book about Mbah Sayid to

give additional insight. The process is done step by

step. The most important thing is the FGD design

successfully including the villagers to participate in

discussion as well as to join the ownership of the

sacred entombment of Mbah Sayid and the destiny.

3.4 Define

This process determines and ensures the next step

after the dream and design process. The process was

held after Isya’ time on 16 May 2017 at the

entombment of Mbah Sayid. After define, the next

step is destiny in order to avoid the biased research

and to support each step by step so that the

assistance or creative economic empowerment based

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on religious tourism can go well. The picture below

shows the preparation before doing Pawai Jelang

Ramadlan, a street festival to welcome The Fasting

Month, Ramadlan. This activity aims to act as a

promotional strategy for the sacred entombment of

Habib Abdurrahman bin Alwi Bafaqih or Mbah

Sayid who was the first to spread the Islamic

influence in Sidoarjo, and to develop the villagers’

creativity, especially teenagers, and to celebrate the

moment before Month Ramadlan 1438 Hijriah.

Different from dream, define is broadly

explained so that the dynamics in assistance of an

ABCD process can go well, as shown by the table

below:

Table 3: Priority Scale

Event SCALE

Priorit

Secondar

Additi

onal

1. Creating

Mbah

Sayid’s

pocketbook

rofile

2. Socialisatio

3. Revitalisatio

n of car

washin

4. Revitalisatio

n of

handicraft

makin

5. Mbah

Sayid’s

Rutinit

Source: FGD, May 16 2017, 8pm

The creation of Mbah Sayid’s pocketbook profile

is an assurance and a priority scale. The villagers

also realise that it was important to be included as

promotional material because the villagers know and

understand who Mbah Sayid is. The pocketbook is a

reference to advocate the sacred entombment of

Mbah Sayid and as cultural heritage as well as the

treasure of Islamic knowledge that will bring the

prosperity for the society around. The priority of the

socialisation for the sacred entombment of Mbah

Sayid is also important to support the assistance

process of creative economic empowerment based

on religious tourism.

The revitalisation of car washing has more votes

and becomes a priority over handicraft making.

According to the villagers who attended the FGD,

handicraft making needs more time, as they must

think about their marketing target as well as the

handicraft treatment. It will take more effort while

the profit is just average. On the other hand, car

washing is believed to be more than enough to add

to their financial support. They only need the

material for washing, such as shampoo, and the

workers. The marketing target is also already

available, considering the increasing number of cars

and motorbike riders in the urban area like Sidoarjo.

The routine activities in the sacred entombment of

Mbah Sayid are also important to attract more

crowds, to promote the insight of Mbah Sayid so

that many more people will know about his great

influence.

3.5 Destiny

This process was held for three weeks from 3 until

21 June 2017. According to PAR, destiny process is

an action that had been determined or decided in the

define process. Destiny is a climax of all processes

during the assistance process of Asset Based

Community Development.

The meeting between the villagers and the

stakeholder is related to Mbah Sayid. The event was

attended by the Muezzin as the chairperson of

natality and mortality section in the district as well

as the chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama’ Students

League Branch Sidoarjo Regency (IPNU). This

event was conducted by the villagers’ initiative and

was facilitated by the researcher. This first step

gained the support from the village’s administrators

and the neighbourhood youth association. This event

went for about two hours and received a very good

response from the muezzin. IPNU was ready to

assist the revitalisation for the sacred entombment of

Mbah Sayid as religious tourism destination in

Sidoarjo.

The second event was the festival to welcome the

arrival of Month Ramadlan 1436 Hijriah. This event

was held on 14 June 2017 and was ongoing for

about four hours. There were also door prizes to

celebrate more the Holy Month of Moslem and to

tighten the relationship between the villagers.

One villager named Jasem gave a short education

about the sacred entombment of Mbah Sayid to one

of the visitors. Jasem told the visitor about the

history, the genealogy, and karomah (the benefit) of

Mbah Sayid. Jasem used a very casual and familiar

language in explaining information so that it would

be very easy to understand. The visitor gave a

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memorable comment, “Oh My! If only I had

known!” as a disappointed expression for the visitor

just knew about the existence and the wonderful

history of the sacred entombment of Mbah Sayid.

The car washing is the last event or the destiny,

which was done in the assistance process of the

economic empowerment based on religious tourism.

This event started from 06 June 2017 until today.

The car washing was managed by two boys who had

broken off the school namely Hami and Toha. The

researcher was very grateful to witness the car

washing business run well with many customers.

3.6 Evaluation

The evaluation was held on 25 June 2017 and

coincided with the event of diba’. This step was to

evaluate the Asset Based Community Development

methods from Discovery until Destiny. The

evaluation was attended by four people; they are

Yuz Rizal, Mas Ayik, Cak Azis and the researcher.

This activity received a warm appreciation and got a

score 76 on a 0 to 100 scale.

4 DISCUSSION

The assistance for economic empowerment based on

religious tourism aims to give evaluation and create

further beneficial innovation for the society and the

stakeholders in the future. The assistance focused on

the sacred entombment of Mbah Sayid RT.14 / RW.

02 Bulusidoakare District Sidoarjo Regency.

During the enculturation process, the villagers

who initially gave an unresponsive welcome then

could warmly accept the newcomer’s presence.

During discovery process, many more people know

about Habib Abdurrahman bin Alwi Bafaqih, more

well-known as Mbah sayid, and the feeling of

ownership emerged. During dream and design

process, the villagers learned to be familiar with

discussion to solve any problems. Whereas the

define process taught the villagers to develop

planning before executing any works so that the

process will go better and be more efficient. Destiny

taught the villagers to be more open in solving

everything with togetherness. After going through

all ABCD processes, the researcher gathered all the

data. There are some difficulties in applying the

theories; however, the researcher would like to

discuss three reflective sub-points: pre-assistance,

during assistance, and post-assistance. These are

likely still far from perfect, so the researcher

welcomes any forms of correction.

1. Pre-assistance

The difficulty in this step was the difference of

urban area circumstances that caused the

enculturation process to meet some problems.

Sidoarjo city is the supporting city for the capital of

East Java, Surabaya city, so there are more complex

problems and confusion. The whole area itself has

grown wider in the last decade. There were

approximately 1.4 million people in 2000 and 2.9

million people today, which has increased around

110%. Long ago, Sidoarjo area was known as

Sidokare and a part of Jenggala Kingdom in which

its inhabitants lived around Porong area. It implies

that the area was formerly a deep forest or jungle

which caused the lack of reception of information.

The researcher has not enough social skills yet, so it

took about 1.5 months to do the enculturation

process.

Despite of all troubles the researcher faced, the

enculturation process was eventually completed. The

social skill has definitely a significant role to apply

Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)

method as well as the other tools until the process

was around 65% completed, specifically for Difine

and Discovery.

2. During assistance

There are three reflective processes in this step:

Dream, Design and Deliver. This step involved three

stakeholders with their own important role: the

chiefs of neighbourhood association (RT and RW)

and the district chairperson (lurah). The problem is

that many villagers were still at a low level as

human resources, especially for their educational

background.

The program for changing their mindset could

not be done optimally, so it needs more persuasive

actions. This is the reason why the researcher

suggests the rebuild program and empowerment plan

that has been broadcasted by the local media.

3. Post-assistance

After the confusion and exhaustion during the

assistance process, the researcher was finally able to

finish this report. However, this is not the last, as

there should be a further act for the improved

program in the future. It needs a great effort to

change the villagers’ mindset about the revitalisation

of the sacred entombment of Mbah Sayid due to

their low education level, their average financial

support, and the existence of pragmatics hegemony.

Each part of the neighbourhood association has a

very harmonious relationship the others. For

instance, the relationship between the RT. 14 / RW.

02 Bulusidoakare District Sidoarjo Regency and RT.

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15 and RT. 16 RW. 03. Those three neighbourhood

associations always maintain their cooperation and

togetherness, either in formal or informal events.

Sometimes, of course, several disagreements

emerge, especially things related to money. For

instance, the potential resources are located in RT.

14, and yet RT. 15 and 16 are gaining more profit

and prosperity. Another problem is that the

neighbourhood association chief is apparently a

newcomer. There are strained situations and tensions

as the villagers slowly lose their faith in the chief

who does not solve the problem about rubbish and

village cleanliness.

Last but not least, this is the beginning of the

assistance process in managing or rebuilding assets

in urban areas. The restoration, development and

empowerment actually aim to build the confidence

and self-awareness to manage the available asset so

that the villagers’ lives will be more improved and

prosperous. The time or period is infinite to do such

an assistance process.

5 CONCLUSION

The assistance to empower economic conditions

using religious tourism in Bulusidokare District RT.

14 / RW. 02, Sidoarjo is an implementation based on

scientific and community empowerment skills.

Mbah Sayid's tomb is located in an urban area that

has various and complex problems.

The assistance process using the Asset Based

Community Development (ABCD) program and

several theoretical frameworks had spent on the

enculturation about a month and a half. The action

had just been started on April for the lack of social

skills, thus the approval letter had just been released

by the end of March. There are difficulties in

applying the assistance process, such as globalised

and pragmatics hegemony movements which rapidly

root in the research site, the minimum availability of

human resources that mostly lack educational

background, the non-cooperative stakeholders and

the absence of the key-people. Hopefully, however,

the enculturation, define, discover, dream-design,

and deliver processes can be a shock therapy for the

villagers.

After the assistance program finished, the most

important aspect is the continuation program. No

matter how long it will take, the assistance process

must strengthen the confidence as well as the self-

awareness of the available assets and use them

optimally to gain their own prosperous benefits.

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