PHILOSOPHICAL MEANINGS OF BHISHMA’S ATTIRE IN SURAKARTA STYLE OF ANCIENT PUPPET

Nabil Abdurrahman Taib, Djoko Sulaksono

Abstract

Wayang purwa is one of the cultural legacies still surviving today. One of the characters from wayang purwa is Sage Bhishma. This research aims to identify the elements of Bhishma character’s attire, examine the symbolic and philosophical meaning of each of these attire elements, and show how attire is a medium for conveying Javanese cultural values. The method used in this study is qualitative descriptive. This research produces various meanings of Bhishma puppet’s attire. These Bhishma’s attires indicate that the figure is a priest. Cultural values are contained in the meaning of attire. After the research was carried out, it was concluded that each attire of Bhishma puppet has meanings such as a robe meaning humility, rimong symbolizing neatness in entertaining guests, a keris symbolizing courage and heroism, a canela or shoes symbolizing the religious path that must be walked. The meaning that has been obtained can only be described a little because of the lack of sources that can be obtained. Further research is hoped to be able to find the meaning of clothing having not been described in this study.

Keywords

Bhishma puppet; meaning of puppet attire; wayang purwa.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/sabpbj.v10i2.105064

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