Abstract
Historically, Theatre for Development (TfD) cannot be separated from the history of pre-colonialism, especially that which occurred in third world countries. TfD is a part of development communication, and it has become an important part of several countries, especially third world countries, although its practice is not as widespread as before. In Indonesia, before the existence of modern entertainment media such as television and social media, people grew up with folk performance (Pertura). Folk Performance has lived through the ages because of the inheritance process carried out by its adherents. Communication for development through folk performance continues to live among themselves, originates from their original culture and is useful as a means of interacting on different occasions. Thus, it is not uncommon for them to pass on moral values using this media to their descendants. As a multicultural country, every region in Indonesia has many styles of folk performances. In East Java, ludruk is local wisdom in the form of folk performance which still exists as traditional entertainment. The plays brought to the stage vary from social criticism, politics, advice on moral values to realities that are close to everyday life. However, the nuances of the criticism were mixed into something humorous so that it was popular with public. By using qualitative-explorative approach and data collection from with literature study, this paper will explain the transformation of Theatre for Development in East Java which still exists today using a development communication perspective.
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Anik Mustika Rahayu, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
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Conference: KAMC2024
Stream: Communication
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Rahayu A. (2024) Theater for Development: The Existence and Transformation of Folk Performances in the East Java Across the Time ISSN: 2436-0503 – The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 9-17) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2024.2
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2024.2
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