LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH ‘LUDRUK’ AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT

Tomy Michael (Universitas 17 Agustus 1945, Surabaya)

Asia Pacific Fraud Journal
Vol 3, No 1 (2018): Volume 3, No.1st Edition (January-June 2018)

The increasingly rampant corruption in Indonesia requires creative countermeasures. One way is to assimilate the law with the local culture of a region. The local culture concerned is ludruk. Ludruk, as one of Javanese traditional art performances, is admired by its fans or supporters in East Java and can be used as a means to proclaim everything about corruption. It can be concluded that the assimilation of the law with the local culture of a region is not contrary to the law but it is becoming a media in eradicating corruption. Anti-corruption teaching can be delivered through ludruk as long as it remains in accordance with the nature of ludruk itself.