Indonesian Folklore Based on Gender Equality to Improve Literacy Culture

Abstract

The content of folklore that contains gender equality can improve mutual respect without looking down on gender. This study aims to describe and reconstruct the folklore of Indonesia from a gender equality perspective. The research method used was based on a qualitative paradigm with a descriptive model. The data were collected through the observation method followed by note-taking technique. The data analysis technique was done by analysing the image of women in existing folklore, reconstructing folklore from a gender equality perspective, and designing narratives and visuals of the folklore. Folklore reconstruction produces stories that do not weaken the female figure. This research shows that the ideology of folklore can be adapted to the values that want to be taught to the younger generation. Certainly, the reconstruction does not change the story line, but takes the opposite point of view.