Marine Cultural Festival of Berhala Island, Serdang Bedagai, North Sumatra: challenges, solutions and social impacts
Merdy Roy Sunarya Togatorop1, Aqsa Mulya2, Erizon3, Ifwanul Hakim4

Seni Pertunjukan Universitas Negeri Medan

Abstract

This research was conducted to reveal a new phenomenon of organizing art festivals based on community mutual cooperation or better known as citizen festivals. The rationale for conducting this study is to produce a view and knowledge in seeing the challenges, solutions, and social impacts of citizen festivals. Of course, the results of this study are expected to be a reference and development in the courses of Music Anthropology, North Sumatra Urban Music, and Field Studies in the Performing Arts Study Program, State University of Medan.
The objectives of this study consist of 1) Finding the challenges faced by the organizers in implementing the Pulau Berhala Serdang Bedagai North Sumatra Sea Festival- 2) Describing the organizers^ solutions in facing the challenges of implementing the Pulau Berhala Serdang Bedagai North Sumatra Sea Festival, and 3) Finding the social impact of organizing the Pulau Berhala Serdang Bedagai North Sumatra Sea Festival for the local community.
The method used in this study is a qualitative type with a descriptive approach. Data search is done through interviews, documentation, and literature studies. The research process consists of the preparation stage, data collection stage, data analysis and processing stage, production stage, to the stage of concluding the results.

Keywords: Study, Festival, Art, Society

Topic: Sport Sciences and Heritage Culture