Sĕrat Pustakaraja is tops poet R. Ng. Ranggawarsita of Keraton Surakarta XIX Century AD. Said "Pustakaraja" for being the book guidelines for a king, or even be interpreted as "The King of Books", as it became the leading book as well as being the leading of story book Javanese. Sĕrat Pustakaraja is...

An important issue that is often discussed is about gender equality. In relation to the issue of gender equality, in society there are many things that can be categorized as a form of gender inequality, namely differences in views about the roles and positions of men and women. It is often found that...

This article discusses the results of research on a ritual performed routinely by one of the community groups in South Sulawesi i.e the Tenro community in the Selayar Islands Regency. The ceremony or ritual ceremony is held in every tenth of Muharram month commonly called Asyura. For the Tenro community,...

Purwa Leather Puppets (Hereinafter abbreviated as PLP) from time to time are used by the power as a media of political propaganda. The symbols in PLP are used by the authorities of power to influence the community to follow the values that have been designed in a PLP performances. When Soeharto came...

This research is a criticism of the contents of "Hanyu Jiaocheng" the textbook used in learning Mandarin in Indonesia. Along with the rise of Mandarin Fever in the world, also in Indonesia, learning foreign languages including Mandarin is increasingly becoming the top choice for Indonesian people. Since...

The present study aims to reveal the role of Javanese culture in literary learning based on two aspects: (1) the context of teacher and student interaction in the classroom and (2) the interaction patterns of teachers and students in Javanese cultural views. The study was carried out in class V of Surakarta...

This research focused on a cultural adaptation of Indonesia-Timor Leste border communities to the modernization of bureaucracy and infrastructure. The direct observation method was used by applying in-depth interview technique using the cultural adaptation strategy theory by Kaplan. The modernization...

This paper focuses in exploring batik motifs worn by Asian Games mascots: Bhin-bhin, Atung and Kaka that wear three kinds of Indonesian batik: Papua batik, batik tumpal, and Palembang batik. Batik is traditional cloth originated from Indonesia. Formerly, elder people used to wear batik only in special...

Indonesia is a country that has diverse arts and cultures. One of the existing traditional performing arts is kethoprak. Kethoprak still exists despite the development of modern culture. This happens since the people conserve it. Kethoprak as a traditional performing art has a very essential role in...

This research examines Titisan Iblis (1989), a novel written by an Indonesian writer Abdullah Harahap, using Sigmund Freud’s concept of das Unheimliche (the uncanny). This research aims to reveal how violence and abnormal sexual behaviors depicted in a literary work can be used as the manifestation of...

West Kalimantan has a lot of hidden local wisdom, one of which is the traditional Mendu theater. Mendu's strength lies in his dialogues as a medium for delivering messages that are always accompanied by moral advice and education. The storyline brings evil and kindness, with a good story that is always...

Tales are written literary products whose stories are light and witty. The value of education contained in it has proven to be beneficial to its listeners. One of the benefits is honing children's skills (generation-Z) in problem solving (Positive Problem Solving Skills). In an effort to navigate the...

The development of communication and information technology is growing rapidly from conventional to internet which can be accessed via Android mobile phones. Gadget tends to be in demand by all groups of people: from children, teenagers, to parents. The use of Android mobile phones is dominated mainly...

Balinese society is the society that still holds fast to religious traditions related to agriculture. It is depicted by the various rituals conducted in the agricultural activities. This study attempts to reveal the local wisdom in the agricultural rituals conducted by Balinese farmer community. The...

Most of the tobacco farmers in Temanggung regency of Central Java perform rituals during the farming of tobacco, dry season plants that are planted and harvested once a year. The rituals accompany the process of farming tobacco, starting from nyecel or land preparation in December-January followed by...

Folklore as part of literature plays pivotal role in forming nation’s characters. Likewise, in term of mental formation, the world in folklore is a world built on the dialectics space of the beauty and value. This paper was aimed to reveal the relevance of prophetic perspective of folklore in Rembang....

The purpose of this study is to describe local wisdom of fishermen in language and livelihoods traditions of south coastal in Kebumen examined by etnolinguistic. This study is descriptive qualitative and exploratory, etnosains based approach. Research data collection techniques are in-depth interviews...

Local wisdom in the manuscriptsof Babad Demak has distinctive characteristics. Culture from Demak Regency can be seen from the contents of Babad Demak, so to see it, needed to identify the script descriptively. This identification can show the characteristics of Demak's local wisdom. This research is...

Building a household within Javanese culture has its own standard rooted in philosophical ancestors, not only about the quantity but also the quality. Javanese culture that is closely related to the goodness has some teachings that are mostly used as the role model of life. Among those many Javanese...

This research aim to describe acculturation Islamic-Javanese on ketoprak performing. Acculturation both Javanese in kethoprak performing can find on Kethoprak Mesiran style. Kethoprak Mesiran also usually called by name Ketoprak Bagdad, Ketoprak Stambul, and Ketoprak Mesiran, it because the story in...

This study aims to: (1) determine the implementation of local wisdom in tradition ceremony of dhukutan in Javanese language learning, (2) determine the obstacles in the implementation of local wisdom in tradition ceremony of dhukutan in Javanese language learning, and (3) to identify a solutions to solve...

This research aimed to find out how are the character education values in Surakarta-style gunungan gapuran viewed from: 1) its shape, 2) its ornament, and 3) its relevance to the present and the future life? Theoretical foundation discussed: value, character education, puppet and gunungan. This study...