Character Education Values in Buru’s Folklore

Abstract

Buru’s folklore is a cultural product that reflects cultural messages related to the Buru people as individuals, social relations, belief systems, and community norms in Buru. In essence, Buru’s Folklore is a form of oral literature that contains substantial and functional meaning which is passed down from generation to generation in a unique and specific way. This reseaerch aims to describe the character education values in the folklore of the Buru island people. This research is qualitative. The data obtained are in the form of folklore texts, statements of informants, and facts in the field. The sources of the data are as follows: 4 informants − people of South Buru believed to be the owners of the folklore. The techniques of data collection include deept interview and recording. The data analysis is executed in the frame of spiral model proposed by Creswelll. The results showed that the Buru’s Folklore contains some remarkable character education values, i,e. courage, responsibility, loving one another, helping difficult people, and expecting sustenance from God. Thus, Buru’s Folklore is a socio-cultural representation of the community that is accumulated in the behavior, attitudes, character, and spoken in the story.