The Development of Creative Industry in the Javanese Leather Puppet Performance

Abstrak

Inggris

Leather puppets performances have been carried out for generations in Pandanan Village, Klaten Regency as a ritual to repel disease outbreaks. Regular performances are held every month of Sura, but leather puppet performance ia also held every Friday Pon night. Local people are involved as ritual performers, spectators, and traders in the leather puppet performance. Along with suggestion of UNESCO to develop economy based on local culture, the leather puppets performance is developed in any creative industries. This study aims to explore leather puppet performance and the strategies for vitalizing the potential of leather puppets into the creative industry. Using qualitative approach, this study was conducted in Padanan village, Kabupaten Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia. Data collection methods include observation and interview. Those who participated in this study consists of village head, local figures, dalang (puppeter), pengrawit (gamelan players), souvenir sellers, and spectators. The result shows that leather puppets performance that has changed their function from ritual tradition to repel disease outbreaks into tradition to “asking blessed” by the puppeters (dalang), and finally it turns to traditional performance that brings not only culture entertainment but also creating market economy. This situation is potential to develop creative economy based on local culture by developing creative industries as stated by UNESCO in order to enhance local economy.

Bahasa Indonesia

Shadow puppets performances have been carried out for generations in Pandanan Village, Klaten Regency as a ritual to repel disease outbreaks. The performance ritual was suggested by Kyai Karsoredjo to Pandanan residents as a request to God for the disease outbreak to be eliminated. Regular performances are held every month of Sura, but over time based on the character bugs, shadow puppet performances are also held every Friday Pound night. Local people are involved as spectators, ritual performers, and traders in shadow puppet performances. Along with the development of the economy, UNESCO which was then translated by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy launching the development of a creative economy based on local culture, which can be manifested through various subsectors of the creative industry. This research uses ethnographic methods by collecting data from various library sources and supplemented with field data through interviews, observations, and participation. The purpose of the study was to find out the background of the shadow puppet performance from the ritual side and show strategies for vitalizing the potential of shadow puppets into the creative industry. Research is carried out by ethnographic methods, namely by observation, review, and data analysis. The results showed that shadow puppet performances carried out for generations have begun to shift their functions; From a disease repellent to a performance to "ngalap blessings" of the masterminds. Furthermore, along with the times, shadow puppets in Pandanan Village have the potential to be developed through various subsectors of the creative industry based on shadow puppets. The participation of MSMEs and local governments needs to be further improved to make it happen. Thus, the vitalization of the creative industry based on shadow puppets in Pandanan Village will be realized in various products, such as fashion, crafts, culinary, films, and so on.

Kata kunci

• Leather Puppets
• Performance
• Multiplier Effects
• Cultural Carnival
• Cultural Capital
• Creative Industries