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

Water civilization in Serat Centhini : Ethno-hydraulic perspective

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296722,
        author={Sahid Teguh Widodo and Agus  Purwantoro},
        title={Water civilization in Serat Centhini :  Ethno-hydraulic perspective},
        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={centhini civilization water management myth},
        doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296722}
    }
    
  • Sahid Teguh Widodo
    Agus Purwantoro
    Year: 2020
    Water civilization in Serat Centhini : Ethno-hydraulic perspective
    BASA
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296722
Sahid Teguh Widodo1,*, Agus Purwantoro2
  • 1: Faculty of Cultural Science, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
  • 2: Faculty of Arts And Design, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia
*Contact email: sahidteguhwidodo@yahoo.co.id

Abstract

This paper is presented as a research output entitled Water Conservation and Environment based on Javanese ancient manuscripts in the 19th century. The specific purpose of this study is to find out the role of water that characterizes Javanese culture. Javanese people highly value water so that folklore, art, tradition and myth are linked to the existence and management of water. The form of research is descriptive qualitative with text data in the Centhini manuscript of 12 volumes. Data were analyzed using interactive analysis techniques. The results of this study indicate (1) the ethnohydrolic approach is able to unpack the contents of Centhini Fiber (SC) in more depth, (2) water civilization in SC is displayed indirectly so it needs the right meaning to be able to find out, and (3) there is a lot of data and information which is related water civilization on Java.