Local Wisdom of Panji Laras Panji Liris Legend Lamongan East Java Indonesia

Abstract

Province of East Java has a lot of cultural richness. One of them is the Legend of the Panji Laras Panji Liris which is an oral literature in Lamongan Regency. Oral literature in the scientific world has an important position and function, so that oral literature needs to be saved, maintained, and developed to improve national development and maintenance. One of the efforts to preserve local wisdom, namely the behavior that appears in social life, in it containing the values ​​of character or character, this describes attitudes and behavior in relation to God, oneself, society and the natural surroundings contained in oral literature in Lamongan Regency. It is assumed that today's oral literature is only stored in the memories of parents (Javanese = sesepuh, elders) whose number is decreasing day by day. Thus, based on the oral literary text, several social functions taken from the community will be described, as the identity of the pride of a region. Based on this paradigm, the Legend of Panji Laras Panji Liris Lamongan is studied based on its functions and cultural values. This study aims to describe local wisdom, in the form of cultural values ​​contained in the Legend of the Panji Laras Panji Liris, which are relevant to the values ​​of human life, and as a lesson for today's young generation. The method used in this research is a descriptive qualitative method. The material in this research is excerpts from stories related to cultural values. This oral literature data collection technique uses observation, interview, recording, and story recording techniques. The data analysis technique used in this research is descriptive analysis technique and content analysis technique. Based on the results of the study, that the cultural values ​​in the Legend of the Panji Laras Panji Liris, it can be concluded that the oral literature of the Legend of Panji Laras and Panji Liris has five social functions of the story, namely as an education for young people, to increase the solidarity of a group, to provide social sanctions so that people behave well, as a means of social criticism, and as a pleasant escape from reality. Cultural values ​​that are also considered important, namely the customs of the Lamongan people in carrying out marriages, namely, a tradition of the bride-to-be applying for the male bride-to-be, and also the belief of Lamongan people in relation to the mysticism.

Keywords: function, cultural value, legend, panji laras panji liris

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/13-12-06

Publication date:June 30^th 2023