Walelei In The Fire Of History: Recording the Footsteps of Traditional Blacksmiths

Abstrak

This research aims to provide a description or social phenomenon about: (1) The background of the development of blacksmith crafts in Walelei Village, Barangka Sub-district, West Muna Regency, and (2) The development of blacksmith crafts in Walelei Village, Barangka Sub-district, West Muna Regency. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with a historical approach with steps: heuristics, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. Data collection techniques were observation, interview, and document study. The results showed that: (1) The background of the blacksmith craft in Walelei Village, Barangka Subdistrict, West Muna Regency begins with the arrival of craftsmen from Aceh who gradually settled and taught how to forge iron with the type of goods produced in the form of machetes in the Old Village of Walelei Village. (2) The development of blacksmith crafts is one of the results of the economic income of the Walelei community and the workforce is still a family member.

Kata kunci

• Community
• History
• blacksmith craft
• development
• small business