Local Wisdom of Preserving Natural Resources for Maintaining Traditional Food to Add Income for Tegal Local People and Local Government

Tegal people have a local wisdom of preserving natural resources to maintain their traditional food. The traditional food is then developed into traditional culinary tourism object that is served in a modern way to improve their economy. This research shows how they maintain their culture by utilizing the local bean that is processed into tempeh and then specially made into ponggol and the local duck egg that is processed into salty egg to preserve their crops and farm product. The data were collected by using folklore field research. The result shows that the local people keep their ancestor’s way of thinking and way of life, adapt it to the recent situation, and develop it for the future as their cultural identity.