Local Wisdom and Function in Burung Pipit Ajaib Folklore and Its Existence as a Reflection of the National Culture on Modernization Era

Sri Kusnita, Sarwiji Suwandi, Muhammad Rohmadi, Nugraheni Eko Wardani

2017

Abstract

The study is aimed at describing the wisdom and social functions in the Burung Pipit Ajaib folklore and its existence as a reflection of the nation’s culture in the modernization era. The existence of folklore as a reflection of the national culture needs to get attention from society because it delivers the moral messages which related to the norms, customs, and traditions that can be conveyed by the teacher at school or by parents to their children at home. The study used a descriptive qualitative method by literary anthropology approach. The data source is informant, Mukrim Ikram, as the story teller. The folklore was used Melayu Sambas West Borneo folklore entitled of Burung Pipit Ajaib. Based on the research findings it can be concluded that, first, the wisdom value which related to divinity is affection. Then, the local wisdom values were related to the personality 1) patience, 2) honesty, 3) hard work. Second, social functions in Burung Pipit Ajaib story can be used as 1) education, 2) entertaining, 3) self-identity. Besides that, the existence of folklore is still strongly needed as a reflection of national culture which is useful in re-introducing the value of local wisdom owned by the ancestors of Indonesian national to the young generation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kusnita S., Suwandi S., Rohmadi M. and Wardani N. (2017). Local Wisdom and Function in Burung Pipit Ajaib Folklore and Its Existence as a Reflection of the National Culture on Modernization Era.In The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE, ISBN 978-989-758-332-2, pages 538-541. DOI: 10.5220/0007170505380541

in Bibtex Style

@conference{conaplin and icollite17,
author={Sri Kusnita and Sarwiji Suwandi and Muhammad Rohmadi and Nugraheni Eko Wardani},
title={Local Wisdom and Function in Burung Pipit Ajaib Folklore and Its Existence as a Reflection of the National Culture on Modernization Era},
booktitle={The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,},
year={2017},
pages={538-541},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007170505380541},
isbn={978-989-758-332-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,
TI - Local Wisdom and Function in Burung Pipit Ajaib Folklore and Its Existence as a Reflection of the National Culture on Modernization Era
SN - 978-989-758-332-2
AU - Kusnita S.
AU - Suwandi S.
AU - Rohmadi M.
AU - Wardani N.
PY - 2017
SP - 538
EP - 541
DO - 10.5220/0007170505380541