Preservation of Local Wisdom: Reconstruction and Revitalization of Cecak Puppet from Riau Island

Mu'jizah

2018

Abstract

Wayang Cecak or lizard puppet is one kind of oral tradition which is almost critically abandoned because of lack of successors. Its maestros are no longer active nor alive. This puppet remains only in the memories of the people in Penyengat Island. To prevent this puppet from being completely forgotten, it is important to revive it through research, reconstruction, and revitalization of this puppet. This paper is intended to find a way of reviving Wayang Cecak within the collective memory of the people into a living tradition by means of literary study and field study through surveys, observations, and interviews. The finding shows that the last maestro of Wayang Cecak has been inactive since the 1940s. Wayang Cecak has a distinctive performing structure. To reconstruct the puppet show, traditional artists from Penyengat Island were involved in this project based on collective memory data. From the reconstruction, revitalization of Wayang Cecak was carried out through socialization and improvement of the performance. Revitalization was conducted by performing Wayang Cecak in Penyengat Island, the origin place of this performing art. It is expected that Wayang Cecak will be revived from its critical condition to a safer condition as a living tradition among the Malay community. Support from regional stakeholders, the Central Government, and the local community is needed to realize this purpose.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mu'jizah. (2018). Preservation of Local Wisdom: Reconstruction and Revitalization of Cecak Puppet from Riau Island. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD, ISBN 978-989-758-543-2, pages 288-293. DOI: 10.5220/0009901700002480

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icnrsd18,
author={Mu'jizah},
title={Preservation of Local Wisdom: Reconstruction and Revitalization of Cecak Puppet from Riau Island},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,},
year={2018},
pages={288-293},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009901700002480},
isbn={978-989-758-543-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,
TI - Preservation of Local Wisdom: Reconstruction and Revitalization of Cecak Puppet from Riau Island
SN - 978-989-758-543-2
AU - Mu'jizah.
PY - 2018
SP - 288
EP - 293
DO - 10.5220/0009901700002480