FESTIVAL TABOT SEBAGAI DAYA TARIK WISATA BUDAYA UTAMA BENGKULU

Abstract

Festival Tabot Bengkulu is one of the main culture tourist attraction in Bengkulu, last for 10 days from 1 to 10 Muharram in Islamic. Tabot Bengkulu is a form of an art contains rich full meanings and philosophy of life.Many attraction events were hold during the ceremony, Traditional Tabot dance competition, Percussion music completion �Dol�, and exhibition stands. Tabot Bengkulu considered as the biggest local Fancy fair, however the problems were still found during the event, and before the event. Financial problem is still the major issues since it requires great mounts of funds and also technical problem during the events. This event involving several groups consist of KKT as the main in heritage family Tabot which brought to Bengkulu by Iran Syeikh name Burhanudin or known as SyeikhSenggolo for local people, Culture and Tourism Office Bengkulu Province, and Culture and Tourism Office of Bengkulu City. The management of cultural attraction required solid team work from those who are involved directly or undirectly in order to create successful main cultural attraction in Bengkulu