Revitalization of Besesombau Oral Literature in Sekijang Village

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10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_27How to use a DOI?

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Attitude; Besesombau; Oral literature; Revitalization

ABSTRACT

Besesombau is less practiced in Sekijang and the oral literature is almost extinct. Seeing such conditions, traditional figures and people in there are motivated to revitalize it. Revitalization efforts are carried out with inheritance activities through regular training for the younger generation. This study aims to find out (1) the supporting factors and problems in the revitalization activities and (2) people’s attitudes towards Besesombau nowadays. This study used a qualitative descriptive method with an ethnographic approach. The data were collected by conducting observations, interviews, document studies, recordings, and questionnaires. The findings showed that (1) the supporting factors for revitalization activities are the motivation of traditional figures, community support, venue facilities, and financial support, as well as the enthusiasm of the participants, while the problems are the number of trainers which were only 2 people and time constraints to practice the literature and (2) there is a change in people’s attitudes towards Besesombau from negative to positive, the community is motivated to re-enable the Besesombau in socio-cultural activities, realizes the importance of traditional knowledge and local wisdom in Besesombau, and realize the politeness and beauty of language in Besesombau. Thus, it can be concluded that the revitalization of Besesombau in Sekijang Village has succeeded in motivating the community to re-function Besesombau and change their attitude towards this oral literature. Based on the research findings, the local government should strengthen the revitalization of oral literature by issuing regulations and making Besesombau a subject at schools in Kampar.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fatmahwati Adnan
AU  - Ahmad Nawari
AU  - Rika Istianingrum
AU  - Eka Suryatin
AU  - Junaidi
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/30
TI  - Revitalization of Besesombau Oral Literature in Sekijang Village
BT  - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 179
EP  - 183
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_27
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_27
ID  - Adnan2022
ER  -