Sundanese traditional sports: level of knowledge among 21st century adolescents

Abstract

Traditional sports are assets and characteristics of a country that must be preserved and known by all ages of the country's people. Therefore this study aims to determine the level of knowledge of traditional Sundanese sports among youth in the 21st century in the current era of modernization and globalization. For this study, the authors used a quantitative survey research method which was conducted on 326 high school students spread throughout the province of West Java, consisting of 188 male students and 138 female students. The results of this study indicate that the level of knowledge about traditional Sundanese sports among adolescents in the current era of modernization and globalization is at a moderate level. This is because the current modernization and globalization have an impact on the phenomenon of youth activity, so that the level of knowledge of traditional Sundanese sports is only at a moderate level. Even though the level of knowledge of traditional Sundanese sports for teenagers is at a moderate level, knowledge of traditional Sundanese sports among teenagers must continue to be socialized within the framework of adaptation to regional traditional culture and as time goes on, the traditional Sundanese sports culture will not become extinct. Keywords: Adolescents, Culture, Modernization, Level of Knowledge, Sundanese Traditional Sports.