Esthetics of Lakon Ketoprak in Java Philosophy

摘要

This study aims to describe the content of aesthetic values of Ketoprak in Javanese philosophy. The material object is the Ketoprak Senapati Pinilih by Bondan Nusantara and its formal object is a philosophy of beauty or aesthetics. This study uses a qualitative method. Ketoprak act is an integral part of the art of Ketoprak. The aesthetics of the Ketoprak Senapati Pinilih approached by Javanese philosophy called Kawruh Joged Mataram, Joged Mataram, or Joged Philosophy in Mataram. Data were analyzed qualitatively descriptive, and then analyze with Verstehen method, interpretation, language analysis, and hermeneutics. In the Ketoprak Senapati Pinilih contained aesthetic values of Javanese philosophy i.e. sawiji or nyawiji which meaning full concentration, greget which meaning spirit, leisure which meaning self-confidence, and ora mingkuh which meaning discipline.