Local Wisdom in Traditional Game Kasti as Cultural Values of Character Building

Abstract

Local wisdom in traditional game, kasti (a ballgame played between two teams of 12 players each) as cultural values integrates character building. The research used qualitative method. Descriptive qualitative data consisted of primary and secondary data. Primary data were gathered by observing, recording, documenting, and analyzing the data from the presentation of the traditional game. Secondary data were the information obtained from various sources such as books, documents, photographs, theses, dissertation, internet, research report, articles, and the other writings which contained knowledge, dealing with the subject matter of the research. The result of the research showed that the values of character building which dominantly establish traditional game, kasti were a) creativity, b) religiosity, c) curiosity, d) discipline, e) democracy, f) hard working, g) tolerance, h) responsibility, i) achievement, and j) appreciation.