TIYANG TANI LAN TIKUS : MEWARISKAN NILAI PEKERTI BAGI ANAK MELALUI DONGENG KLASIK JAWA

Abstract

Besides being one of the efforts to have texts transformed into Indonesian,
this article also aims at studying and describing the pitutur, or values reflecting
good character, in the Javanese text Tiyang Tani lan Tikus.
The text Tiyang Tani lan Tikus (TTT) is one of the texts contained in the
codex Serat Dongeng Warni-Warni and belongs to the category of literary
manuscripts. The codex is part of a collection stored at the library of Sana Budaya,
Yogyakarta, given the code number PB C 154 71 Rol. 144 No. 13. The manuscript
is in prose using Javanese orthography. It tells a story but the time of its writing and
the name of the person who copied it in writing are not mentioned. However, in
view of the condition of the paper used, it could be estimated that it was written in
th
Surakarta early in the 20 century.
The essential values of good character contained in the story of Tiyang
Tani lan Tikus are of (1) simplicity in life, (2) empathy, (3) softness of heart, (4)
loyalty or faithfulness, (5) spirit of togetherness, (6) love toward others, and (7)
frugality. All those values could be developed into material for the teaching of
values to children. This is an important matter because, in one’s development,
childhood is a sensitive period for the optimum development of some
psychological aspects if the environment could give adequate stimulation. Stories
or fables told to children could become a means of stimulating the development of
some psychological aspects of children so that they could hopefully gain the
uppermost boundary of their range of potential development.
Keywords: Javanese classical fables, values of good character