Revitalization of Oral Literature Tradition of Balinese Society Based Character Values As Deradicalism Effort

Suarta, I Made (2017) Revitalization of Oral Literature Tradition of Balinese Society Based Character Values As Deradicalism Effort. International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1 (3). pp. 8-16. ISSN 2550-7001

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Abstract

The present study was to discuss the importance of revitalizing Balinese literature towards the children from an early age as an alternative against the radicalism seeds. Indonesian currently has a very serious problem, one of them was the growing understa nding of radicalism that has a potential to threaten the sovereignty of the nation and the state of Indonesia. The radicalism idea must be soon opposed to the noble values contained in the oral literary tradition. On the early inculcation of the oral l iterary tradition for children, it could affect psychology and characterize the child who was oriented towards the noble values of culture in which the oral literature was born. Regarding the growth of children's awareness of the noble values of cultur e consist of in an oral literature, unlike the ethical and religious teachings, the inclusion chances of radicalism for the children were very small. Therefore, the lofty values of the oral literary tradition were defensive and attack. It defined defense on the radicalism onslaught and attack behind the radicalism idea.

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