Local Culture Animation Design: Explore the Art of Javanese Dance

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Nur Samsiyah, Sarwiji Suwandi, Andayani, Raheni Suhita

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Amid the phenomenon of cultural crisis that hit the community, efforts are necessary to resolve it by preserving, protecting, visiting, and utilizing local culture. As part of learning, local culture is mostly influenced by globalization, so the existence of local culture is widely questioned, especially for students who are not introduced to their own culture. This study uses a qualitative design. The analysis was conducted on 12 grade 4 teachers with 30 students. Data collection techniques were carried out by giving questionnaires to the teacher, observations and test sheets for students. The results of this study along with the development of technology and communication need a way to integrate local culture in an animation as learning to read in elementary school. The results of the reading comprehension test showed very good results with aspects assessed for the accuracy of the main ideas, supporting ideas, and grammar. The importance of media in reading learning is to improve the understanding of texts containing the students' local culture. In this case, the local culture can be maintained as part of the regional identity and become part of the basic education curriculum through technology.

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