Sintren and Javanese Rural Community in Change

Abstract

Modernization in Java has to be paid handsomely at the expense of traditional art displaced by pop culture from the West. The initial analysis resulted in the community's orientation of art or cultural products being switched. The aim of this article is to describe Sintren, a traditional art whose existence is eroded by modernity in the field of culture. The phenomenon raised are in Pekalongan and Tegal. The research method used is critical discourse analysis. The data sources of this research are cultural activists and their activities as well as the communities in the research sites. The results of this study are (i) currently Sintren is no longer in demand by society and its role is replaced by pop culture; (ii) Sintren is an art that contains history and values that reflect the life of maritime communities in the North Coast of Java; (iii) the values contained in Sintren's art are religious, social, caring, entertainment, and economic values. The implication of this research is that it takes a model or idea to do conservation of local culture whose existence is threatened by