Research Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: October | Volume: 5 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 291-299
Cooperative Values of Indonesian Folk Games: Efforts in the Nation Character Building
Hariadi Susilo, Salliyanti, Baharuddin
Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Hariadi Susilo
ABSTRACT
Indonesia has several folk games, such as kasti (baseball), lari goni (gunny run), engrang (bamboo feet), congklak (picking stones), patok lele (wood sticking), engklek (single foot jump), lompat tali (rope jump), kelereng (marbles), and pecah piring (plate breaking). The research method utilized focus group discussion which was aimed at getting thorough mechanism of the games. Discussions were conducted several times and involved students who were divided into some groups; each group consisted of 5-8 players who were active students at an Islamic boarding school which was located in Simpang Mangga village, Bandar Huluan district, Simalungun Regency with other supporting elements, such as the technical recording, documentation, and technical unit. The results found that there are eighteen values: faith, honesty, tolerance, discipline, hard-work, creativity, independence, democratics, curiousity, spirit of nationality, love for homeland, appreciation to achievement, friendliness, love for peace, reading hobbies, care for environment, social concerns, responsibility. The traditional games can be applied in schools, families and communities to form nation character building for pupils, students, children, among others.
Key words: Cooperative values, folk (traditional) games, nation character building.
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