Pelestarian Wayang “Krucil” dan Kekuatan Politik

Abstrak

Purpose of the article is to analyze the preservation of puppets “Krucil” and
the politic of powers happens in Tempuran village, Sawoo Sub-District,
Ponorogo Regency. The method of the article is qualitative descriptive research
and it uses in-depth interview for collecting the data. The finding of the study
show that; the preservation of the puppets “Krucil” held by the government of
Tempuran village annually is by having performance in “Bersih
Desa”(annually societies’ activity for thanking to God after they get crop)
activity. The performance of puppets “Krucil” in “Bersih Desa” activity to
entertain the society have been doing since the village founded. The series of
events of preservation of puppets “Krucil” are “Ruwatan” ritual conducted by
every (head of hamlet), “Brokohan” and recitation of holy Qur’an. While,
politic of powers was conducted by including “Bersih Desa” activity and
performance of puppet “Krucil” to the village regulations. It was conducted by
the head of village in Tempuran District based on the strong of society’s myth.
The societies believe that there will be crop failure and prolonged disaster if
“Bersih Desa” activity don’t performance puppets “Krucil”.