Song - Tools Java Cultural Education

Increasingly, the application of Javanese culture seemingly deteriorated., Because most people started to leave the ordinance Java Java inherited by their ancestors. To anticipate, cultural excavation should be started early, ie starting from childhood. However, this approach does not easily require awareness, patient attitude, long time, and appropriate media.

One of the media easily, without requiring complex facilities is sound art. Almost everyone can do it even if not perfect. In the life of Javanese society, sound art is known through the song.

Song originated and flowers that have a common word meanings with word sekar, which also means "flower". Flowers is a tool to reveal the contents of one's heart to others who have a special place in his heart. Therefore, the song is also used to express feelings or one's heart.

In the Java language, songs can also mean "song", namely a rhythmic sound range, a series of scales arranged in order and harmony so as to produce sounds that contain elements of beauty or aesthetic. Most of the cultural heritage of ancestors Java is packaged in a song or ballad. However, if the author had died before he could tembang mentafsirkan, songs often have many different interpretations.

One of the first songs favored by the children is Tembang Dolanan. Although the song Dolanan often used to lull the kids, art song Dolanan is quite interesting to study. In it there are mysteries that are essential for human life, because this type of song to form a nobleness of character and morals of children

In fiber Wedatama, Raden Mas Sudira or more familiar with the title Gusti Prince Arya Mangkunegara Surakarta IV do imply that the beauty of the song to form a moral child. Pickaxe song illustrates this through a verse which reads:

Mingkar mingkuring egoistic, akarana karenan Mardi Siwi, sinawung resmining ballad, sinuba sinukarta, mrih kretarta pakartining ngelmu superb, kang tumrap neng land of Java, religion ageming aji.

A free translation is: "To avoid themselves from greedy. If want to educate his son. (Preferably), packaged in a beautiful poem. Decorated to look beautiful. In order to achieve this noble objective science. In fact, in the land of Java, the religion adopted by the king. "

And the above description, it is clear that to educate a son of refinement needed to be formulated in the form of song or songs (sinawung resmining ballad). In addition to these students can master the noble sciences which have been bequeathed by our ancestors hundreds of years ago (mrih kretarta pakartining ngelmu superb). And all that is part of Javanese culture.