Oral Tradition as a Source for Digging Up the History of Parakan as a Heritage City

Purwantiasning Ari Widyati,Kurniawan Kemas Ridwan,Sunarti Pudentia Maria Purenti Sri,Y.F Huang,K.H Leong,L Ling,K.W Tan

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/20186501001

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Journal: E3S Web of Conferences	Publication Date: Jan 1, 2018
License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Indonesia

Abstract

This research was aimed to explore the history of Parakan City, a small city of Indonesia, located in Central Java. Parakan City has been regarded as a heritage city in Central Java and is well known as a Bambu Runcing City. Bambu Runcing is a sharpened bamboo that has been used as a traditional weapon in the past hundred years in Indonesia. This research was to conduct in oral tradition as a source for digging up the history of Parakan, particularly the reason why the community of Parakan using the words “Bambu Runcing” as a brand name for the city. This research was also to describe to what extent the community in having a strong attachment to the founder of Bambu Runcing known as KH Subuki. Some relevant and credible sources were interviewed using this oral tradition, and some of them are the second and third generation of KH Subuki.

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There are many kinds of literature that have discussed about conservation and preservation and its relation with urban heritage
According to Undang-Undang No 11 Tahun 2010 about Cagar Budaya (Cultural Heritage), Cagar Budaya could be defined as a cultural heritage which includes “Benda Cagar Budaya – Object Heritage”, “Bangunan Cagar Budaya – Building Heritage”, “Struktur Cagar Budaya- Structure Heritage”, “Situs Cagar Budaya”-Sites Heritage”, and “Kawasan Cagar Budaya”-Areas Heritage”, either on a ground and or in a water which should be preserved their existence because they have a significant value for history, science, education, religion and or culture through designation process [1]
The researcher has spent the time with some significant respondents to dig up the history of Parakan, the history of Parakan as the City of Bambu Runcing

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There are many kinds of literature that have discussed about conservation and preservation and its relation with urban heritage. All the issues of conservation, preservation, urban heritage all objects which related to the past cannot be separated with the history of those objects themselves. The researchers have done some studies about conservation as well as urban heritage and the issues which related to it. In Indonesia, there are a lot of historical sites that have been designated as a historical area that should be preserved and conserved. This imitative is one of the government’s efforts to maintain and preserve Indonesian heritage. According to Undang-Undang No 11 Tahun 2010 about Cagar Budaya (Cultural Heritage), Cagar Budaya could be defined as a cultural heritage which includes “Benda Cagar Budaya – Object Heritage”, “Bangunan Cagar Budaya – Building Heritage”, “Struktur Cagar Budaya- Structure Heritage”, “Situs Cagar Budaya”-Sites Heritage”, and “Kawasan Cagar Budaya”-Areas Heritage”, either on a ground and or in a water which should be preserved their existence because they have a significant value for history, science, education, religion and or culture through designation process [1]

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