Indonesia has inherent various local wisdoms or traditions in response to natural and non-natural disasters. This ethnographic study situating in Tengger village, Pasuruan regency aims at scrutinizing tolak bala (ward off misfortune) ritual, popularly known as nambak lelakon toward Covid-19. The tradition of plague healing inseparable from religious expressions has been assumed having power to double non-medical effort effects toward human physical endurance quality. Thus, nambak lelakon tradition is an effort to maintain and protect human life through collective non-medical mitigation particularly in avoiding the wide spread of Covid-19. The implementation of this tradition is not only part of cultural inheritance passed down from generation to generation through oral tradition (folklore) and a model of shared behavior but also it is mitigation effort toward non-natural disasters. This religious-based tradition is historically of essential to create social collective peace of mind. Nambal lelakon becomes a means of praying with total surrender to God, and it turns out that completely surrendering to God creates peace of mind. Positive thinking effectively reduces anxiety and builds a better mental health.
This study uses a qualitative descriptive research method to explain and describe the folklore of Pentungan Sari Spring, the value of character education, and the features and advantages of compiling stories with pictures of Pentungan Sari as a learning medium. Folklore is one of the teaching materials that can be used as an alternative means of character education for children. However, in practice, folklore is more often presented as authentic material that is less adaptive to students' interests. Not many uses of folklore for learning are presented creatively to attract the students' engagement. The present study uses a qualitative research paradigm that utilizes a folkloristic approach to trace elements of an oral story. The research data were collected by interview and field observation techniques. This research results in the documentation of the oral traditions as a prerequisite for maintaining the local culture and the transformation of the oral story of the Petungan Sari Spring into a picture book. The picture book has the potential to be a literacy medium that can be used to support the local cultural responsive-based character education.
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