PRESERVING LOCAL (INDONESIAN) WISDOM THROUGH FOLKLORE: AN ANALYSIS OF REJANG TRIBE’S SUPERSTITIONS AND GAMES

Serasi, Reko (2019) PRESERVING LOCAL (INDONESIAN) WISDOM THROUGH FOLKLORE: AN ANALYSIS OF REJANG TRIBE’S SUPERSTITIONS AND GAMES. In: International Seminar on Islamic Studies, 28 Maret 2019, IAIN Bengkulu.

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Abstract

Local wisdom, in recent years, is a famous term promoted by many groups - academic and nonacademic groups; government and non-government institutions. This paper intends to uncover the local wisdom that exists in two of folklore branches, superstitions and games. They are spread in the society especially in Rejang tribe, a tribe in Bengkulu province, Indonesia. The data were obtained from the interview with the locals (informants) and from the writer’s own knowledge since the writer is originally from Rejang tribe. The superstitions and games used as data in this paper are those performed daily by the locals in their area. All of the data are analyzed by applying the socio-cultural approach. From the analysis, the result shows that the locals especially the older people tend to use the superstitions to convey and pass the local wisdom to their children or descendants. Moreover, it is also applied in giving warning to certain condition occurred in their life. In addition, the games that are usually played by the children teach them good things for their life. Regarding to the result of the analysis, it can be concluded that superstitions and games, part of folklore, are noble things containing high-valued local wisdom. They need to be passed, preserved and transferred from generation to generation through many ways – written, oral, or combination of oral and written form.

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