EKSISTENSI KETOPRAK BALEKAMBANG SEBAGAI SALAH SATU BENTUK PELESTARIAN BUDAYA JAWA DI KOTA SURAKARTA

Abstract

Kethoprak is a folk art that tells about life stories that are stories of legends that existed in society with the background of Javanese kingdom life. Ketoprak was born as a habit of society playing musical instruments, singing, and dancing. The purpose of this research is to describe or explain about, the existence of the Ketoprak Balekambang as one form of preservation of Javanese culture in Surakarta, factors that encourage and inhibit the player Ketoprak Balekambang survive in the art Ketoprak And the strategy of maintaining the art of Balekambang Ketoprak in the era of modernization as it is today.  Data collection methods are done by observing, interviews and documentation. Data validity is done with the triangulation technique, i.e. data triangulation, source triangulation, methodological triangulation, research triangulation, and triangulation theory.

The results showed that to maintain the existence of Ketoprak in order not to be lost, carried out various efforts: the participation of the young generation who participated in the play of Ketoprak, the Ketoprak Balekambang as a livelihood despite the inappropriate payment and is preserving Javanese culture. The strategy to maintain the art of Ketoprak Balekambang in the modernization era, is to promote through advertising in the mass media that can be reached by the wider community. The driving factor of the existence of Ketoprak because of the taste of culture and efforts to keep exist by involving young people as a form of regeneration. Conclusion of the research results that the art of Ketoprak until now still in the midst of modernization era especially in Surakarta.