Procedures for Traditional Guidance in The Serat Wawaton Keraton Yogyakarta: A Sociolinguistic Study

摘要

Yogyakarta Special Territory is a region using Javanese for the daily communication. Javanese also becomes a part of the formation of cultural context, in which the language to convey the customs is perfomed well. The purpose of this research is to describe the procedures of visiting Yogyakarta Palace as explained in Serat Wawaton. Serat Wawaton is a text that is used as a guideline of the procedures or protocols when visiting the Yogyakarta Palace. The content in the text explains the customs and language used when meeting the King and the servants or guards in the palace. This study used a descriptive qualitative method employing a literature study. The data source in the study is Serat Wawaton from the Sonobudaya Museum in Yogyakarta. The results obtained from this study are a) the language used in a visit of a king by another king, where there are three rules that must be adhered to, namely respecting the banqueting event, specifically after completing farewell to all guests but before meeting with the king, he must pass the vice regent first, b) the language used when a prince visits another prince. A prince can meet him directly but there are five rules that must be adhered to, namely respect, asking questions when leaving from home, asking about likes, banqueting events, farewell to go home c) the language used in the visit of a vice regent by another vice regent. There are ten rules that must be adhered to, namely giving respect, asking when leaving from home, asking about preferences, asking about age, asking about the palace status, banqueting events, asking about the number of children, giving hereditary advice, praise palaces, and saying farewell and also not being obliged to stay overnight. d) the language used in the visit of a regent by another regent. The rules that must be obeyed include sitting opposite each other and the custom of speaking is also using language which is in accordance with the protocol in the palace. e) the language used in the visit of Panewu Mantri by Panewu Mantri. The rules that must be adhered to include using customs that must be obeyed and implemented are being polite and courteous.