Bancakan and Its Potential as a Tourist Attraction

Handayani Rahayuningsih, Muhamad Sidiq Wicaksono

2019

Abstract

Bancakan comes from Chinese word ciak which means eating. Bancakan then interpreted as eating together is one of the rituals carried out by Javanese. This ritual is carried on for generations. The preservation of bancakan needs to be done considering that at this time not all Javanese perform this ritual. Moreover, there are not many people who understand the philosophy of bancakan especially for young generation and millennials. The aim of this research is to see the potential of bancakan as tourist attraction. Data collection techniques used in this research were interviews, observations, and documentation. The respondents of this research were community representatives, traditional and religious leader in one of villages in Karanganyar Regency, Indonesia, that still carry out bancakan as part of cultural heritage. The study shows that the function of bancakan has changed from what was previously a means to spread the value of Islam, becoming a means for giving alms (sharing with other). The results indicate that bancakan has the potential to become a tourist attraction both for cultural and food tourism since bancakan is a ritual with the most important component is food.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rahayuningsih H. and Wicaksono M. (2019). Bancakan and Its Potential as a Tourist Attraction. In Proceedings of the 1st NHI Tourism Forum - Volume 1: NTF, ISBN 978-989-758-495-4, pages 30-36. DOI: 10.5220/0009207900300036

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ntf19,
author={Handayani Rahayuningsih and Muhamad Sidiq Wicaksono},
title={Bancakan and Its Potential as a Tourist Attraction},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st NHI Tourism Forum - Volume 1: NTF,},
year={2019},
pages={30-36},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009207900300036},
isbn={978-989-758-495-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st NHI Tourism Forum - Volume 1: NTF,
TI - Bancakan and Its Potential as a Tourist Attraction
SN - 978-989-758-495-4
AU - Rahayuningsih H.
AU - Wicaksono M.
PY - 2019
SP - 30
EP - 36
DO - 10.5220/0009207900300036