The book contains two stories, the first story entitled “Keeper of Kapuas River” comes from the story entitled “The Folktale from Central Kalimantan”. The book, which is a collection of the stories from various regions in Central Kalimantan, were published by the Department of Education and Cultural in 1982 in 82 pages. The story entitled "Keeper of Kapuas River" was taken from Central Ka…
The Legend of Datuk Marsam; The Turmeric Grasshopper is one of the folklore originating from Kembang Paseban Village, Mersam District, Batanghari Regency, Jambi Province. The writing of this story originated from a story called Belalang Kunyit by Dedy Syaputra, which is one of the texts in the Jambi Folk Story Writing Competition held by the Jambi Provincial Language Office in 2015. The …
The author praises to Allah, God Almighty, for making it easy for the writer so that the writer can write one of the folktales from South Kalimantan. The author also thanks the Language Development and Cultivation Agency for providing opportunities and facilitating writers to write one of folktales from South Kalimantan. Folklores play roles in the formation of human character because it…
The story entitled Air Mata Cilubintang or The Tears of Cilubintang comes from Banda Neira, Central Maluku, which was derrived from Hikayat Lontor. This Lontor Hikayat is published in a book written by Des Alwi entitled History of Banda Neira. As an ancestral heritage, Air Mata CILUBINTANG keeps historical stories about the origins of Banda Island and the history of sacred wells (sumur ne…
One way to preserve literary treasures and the culture of Indonesian society is to lift up folklore. In folklore, there are so many cultural values found. The cultural values that can support development is the cultural value that can encourage society to be persistent, be grateful, be patient, be patriotic, be honest, be helpful, and other noble values. These values need to be inherited …
Literary works are believed to be a mean of forming a noble personality and character. Nyai Undang: The Fame of Queen of Kupang Island is one of the treasures of Central Kalimantan oral literature. This story tells of a beautiful queen who has the courage to defend her self-esteem and country. The values of nationalism must be embedded in every citizen. Hopefully, this story can be an ins…
One of the circulating folklore in Kayuagung, Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) Regency, South Sumatra is Langkuse and White Hair Princess. Both of their parents were dead and left them all alone. This condition required Langkuse to be responsible for his younger sister. He took care of his sister well. Under the care of her brother, White Hair Princess grew up to be a beautiful and independent gi…