Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Local Wisdom Of Human Characters Related To Birth Day In Classical Javanese Manuscripts

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296834,
        author={Sisyono Eko Widodo and Endang Tri Winarni and W.  Hendrosaputro},
        title={Local Wisdom Of Human Characters Related To Birth Day In Classical Javanese Manuscripts},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={BASA},
        year={2020},
        month={6},
        keywords={wisdom local human characteristic},
        doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296834}
    }
    
  • Sisyono Eko Widodo
    Endang Tri Winarni
    W. Hendrosaputro
    Year: 2020
    Local Wisdom Of Human Characters Related To Birth Day In Classical Javanese Manuscripts
    BASA
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296834
Sisyono Eko Widodo1,*, Endang Tri Winarni1, W. Hendrosaputro1
  • 1: Universitas Sebelas Maret
*Contact email: ekowidodosisyono@staff.uns.ac.id

Abstract

Indonesian people today, especially the millennial generation are experiencing a crisis of identity or lack of character. They do not understand precisely who they are. Javanese society has a very unique local wisdom related to human character based on the time of birth. The main problem in this study is how human character is related to the time of birth. Besides that, what local wisdom contained in human character is related to the time of birth day contained in the realm of Classical Javanese Manuscripts. The purpose of this study is to describe the types of human characters related to the time of birth. Analysis of qualitative data was conducted by reducing data, presenting data, drawing conclusions / verification. Humans have a strong basic character based on the day of their birth because of the cosmic influence or the pawukon. The local wisdom contained in it includes: mishaps and their anticipation, cues and symbolism, livelihoods and treatment, positive or negative potential, and the direction of time that is the direction of the wind that is predicted as the direction of the arrival a tragedy. Thus it is clear that Javanese people in the past were able to identify and formulate human character related to the time of their day of birth and try to anticipate negative things that can occur in human life.