Peranan Pemerintah dalam Pengembangan Wayang Orang Panggung

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the role of the government in developing Wayang Orang Panggung especially in the Sriwedari community in Surakarta, Ngesti Pandowo in Semarang, and Bharata in Jakarta. This article based on the historical method. Since the beginning of Indonesian independence, the government carried out its function as a protector to maintain the existence of Wayang Orang Panggung, by improving the management of the performing arts, establishing the performance building, providing funding assistance, giving opportunities to perform at the state capital, and involving the artists of Wayang Orang in cultural missions. However, the government tended to be partial and more often conducted as a momentary response that must be addressed immediately because of it impossible to solve the community itself. Changes happened due to economic globalization and political dynamics in Indonesia that can threaten the existence of wayang orang and various forms of traditional arts. It raised hopes that the government could take the more fundamental role as patron-arts. In carrying out this function, the government requires a formulation on cultural policy as a basis for establishing the direction and strategy for the development and strengthening Wayang Orang Panggung and various forms of local culture, within the framework of national culture. The legal needed to carry out, UU RI No. 17 of 2017 about the Cultural Advancement, and Presidential Regulation No. 65 of 2018 concerning the Procedures for the Principles of Regional Culture and Cultural Strategies.

The Performance of Wayang Orang Sriwedari Surakarta: A Cultural Preservation

“…Since the beginning of Indonesian independence, the government has fulfilled its role as a guardian to ensure the survival of Wayang Orang by enhancing the management of the performing arts, constructing the performance building, providing financial support, providing opportunities to perform in the state capital, and involving Wayang Orang artists in cultural missions. Due to economic globalization and political dynamics in Indonesia, changes have occurred that threaten the survival of Wayang Orang and other types of traditional arts (Puguh & Utama, 2018). It inspired optimism that the government could assume a more fundamental role as patron of the arts.…”

Historical Review of Smallholder Coffee Farmers Population in Kayumas Village, Situbondo Regency

“…This study used the historical method as it had been used by some previous researchers, such as Rochwulaningsih (2016), Maziyah et al (2016), Treasure (2016), Rinardi et al (2017), Maziyah (2018), Susilowati & Masruroh (2018), and Puguh & Utama (2018). The historical method is used to reveal the history of Kayumas Village coffee farmers from the Dutch colonial era to the formation of coffee farmer groups in 2018 in detailed and chronological order.…”

Empty Bench in Indonesian Performing Arts Studies: Audience

“…Government support in developing the performing arts is numerous. Government support generally includes support for paguyuban (traditional art group management), providing staging venues, support for participation in cultural missions and events, documentation and inventory of cultural activities, research, and the creation of new performance models that are more compatible with tourism development goals (Puguh & Utama, 2018). It seems that there is not much government support for fundamental studies, at a higher level of abstraction, the development of indigenous culture theories, in which the benefits are fundamental but not directly or visually connected.…”