Aesthetic Dimensions and Enchantment of Education in Weweh Culture in East Java

Abstract

This study discusse the culture of weweh in east java and aims to reveal the enchantment beauty of a culture that is able to provide character education for childern. Weweh is culture of charity to relative and neighbours when approaching the Eid al-Fitr as a from gratitude for the prosperity and sense brotherhood between relatives. Weweh has a beautiful enchantment during the implementation procesess starting from the process cooking food to the process distributing food, where the food delivery is the child of the fsmily of the organizer. The enchantment is able to represent at the and providing teaching to the next generation about the importance sharing each other’s sustenance and maintaining a real brotherhood relationship. Thia study uses ethnogrsphic methods whit spatial boundaries in Batu, East Java, and temporal limits are the culture weweh that take place in 2018. These restrictions were chosen because Batu city experienced progres in the tourism sector and influenced progress in infrastucture development, economic, and modern thinking but urban societyin batu still preserves the culture weweh. The prespective in analizing the culture weweh uses the prespective technology enchantment from alferd gell. The results the study show that (1) the culture weweh directly becomes a medium social interaction and the teaching of gratitude for the sustenance that is owned, (2) in a microstructure strengthens the sense unity in the community through teaching childernd the presence their family and relatives, (3) the enchantment cultural beauty weweh shows the importance preseving culture in the community, (4) the culture weweh can be a sign people’s