INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of The Study A culture is one of Indonesian’s heritage that
must be kept. As an archipelago country,
Indonesia is a country which is rich with culture and custom as heritage that spread from Sabang toMerauke.
Culture and custom that are always
different from one province to another
province have a special characteristic
for every region in Indonesia.
As a cultural country, the culture ofIndonesia
is always connected with the custom. The
custom is something that has high value level for the ethnic group. It must be kept and conserved inthe
modern era and globalization. The influence
of knowledge and high technology can replace the moral value of culture, social and religion norms as well as
social life.
The progressive of knowledge and high
technology in the modern era can change
people’s lifestyle and give the big effect to the traditional culture. The writer feels worry about this condition
thatcan damage the moral value of culture, especially for the young generations who tend
to do the negative things such as: pornography,
drugs, free sex, and etc. Realizing that the change can give a big effect for the culture is difficult to be
avoided, therefore the government and people
are demanded to protect and preserve it.
The culture has many branches of art which can
enrich the art of every provinces in
Indonesia such as: clothes, dances, houses, music instruments, games, etc. In this chance, the writer feels
excited to raise and describe about the traditional
games. A congklak is one of the interesting traditional games that must be kept, because it has very close connection
with the sense of art. It is a simple game
that is always played by the Javanese children, especially in Semarang society.
The congklak becomes the traditional game that
is almost played by all Indonesian
children because it has spread toall regions in Indonesia. Its spreading has created many names, for example : congkak
in Medan in which its word coming from
Malay. Dakon, dhakon, or dhakonan in Java. Dentuman lamban in Lampung. Makaotan, maggaleceng, aggacalang and
nogarata in Sulawesi.
Beside as the traditional game,
congklakcan be played as a tool of killing free time which make one happy, it can also
train and develop one’s mind as well as
educate people to preserve their own culture.
Because of the above
explanations, the writer wants to analyze this traditional game congklak used by Javanese in
Semarang society. From this paper, he
tries to find the function, the way toplay, the types of congklak and etc.
1.2 Scope of The Study Keeping, protecting and preserving the culture
especiallythe traditional games that
almost be forgotten by the Indonesian children because of the effects of the modern games is not easy thing
becauseit is the inheritance that can be the symbol of the nation. Therefore, the writer
limits his study on the traditional games
congklak used by Indonesian Children. This study tries toexplain about the short story of the game which includes the
way to play, the function and the types of
congklak.
1.3 Purpose of The Study The purposes of the study are: 1. To
know and explain about one of the Indonesian traditional games in Indonesia 2. To
know the meaning, the function, the roles and the way to play Congklak used by Indonesian.
1.4 Significance of The Study The significances of the study are: 1. To
enrich the knowledge ofthe traditional games.
2. To encourage the young generations toknow,
keep, protect, and preserve the
traditional games.
3. To educate children to be honest person.
4. To be a reference for one in studying
congklak as the traditional game in Indonesia.
5. To educate children have a good character in
the future by playing congklak.
1.5 The Method of Research In writing this
paper the writer usesa method of research i.e library research. He collects the data connecting with
the congklakas the traditional game from
any sources for example books, articles and internet. Then the data are identified, categorized and analyzed.
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