Accompaniment for Contemporary Artist in the Making of Documentary Film About Cultural Values at Kasepuhan Ciptagelar Indigenous Community

Abstract

Kasepuhan Ciptagelar indigenous community are a group of people who live within the Halimun-Salak Mountain National Park. The area is a conservation forest that has an important role in supporting global climate balance, especially in Java. This research focuses on developing the field of science that can represent the role of Yoyo Yogasmana as a contemporary artist who living in Kasepuhan Ciptagelar. The methodology used in this study is field research that describes the conditions and phenomena encountered by researchers during observation in the field. The data obtained is the result of observation, interviews with sources and physical data collection in the form of artifacts that can be documented in the field. Yoyo Yogasmana is a contemporary artist who is not from the Kasepuhan Ciptagelar indigenous community, but his role as a spokesperson for indigenous community with the outside world provide a new understanding of the life of indigenous peoples today. This research produces a documentary film that can be a new understanding related to the wisdom of local culture as the basis of noble values that are still held in high esteem. This makes Kasepuhan Ciptagelar have an adaptive mechanism to withstand the pressures of changing times.