International Journal of Interreligious and Intercultural Studies
Vol 1 No 1 (2018): Interreligious and Intercultural Studies

BUILDING CHILDREN’S CHARACTER THROUGH TRADITIONAL BALINESE GAME: MEGALA-GALAAN REVISITED

Ida Ayu Gde Yadnyawati (Faculty of Hindu Education and Arts Universitas Hindu Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Oct 2018

Abstract

Character is the values of human behavior associated with God Almighty, self, fellow human, environment, and nationality embodied in thoughts, attitudes, feelings, words, and deeds based on religious norms, law, etiquette, culture, and customs. Character education, according to Thomas Lickona (1991), is the education to shape the personality of a person through character education, whose results that can be seen in the actual actions of a person that are considered good, honest, responsible, respectful of the rights of others, hard work, and others. Building the character of children can be done through a traditional Balinese game called megala-galaan. This game is often played with accompaniment of singing Goak Maling Taluh. The poem Goak Maling Taluh sound simple with rhythm or easy rhythm, and the author was still anonymous until now. Behind the simplicity of his poetry hides a deep philosophical meaning about the nature of karma phala. The megala-galaan game with the singing Goak Maling Taluh implementation of fun learning concepts, a traditional Balinese educational concept that emphasizes aspects of learning while playing, and playing while learning.

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Abbrev

ijiis

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Subject

Religion Arts Humanities

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IJIIS expects to publish articles that investigate, critically assess and foster intellectual exchanges at the theoretical, philosophical as well as applied levels of knowledge on interreligious and intercultural matters. Its main purpose is to generate scholarly exchanges of ideas, criticisms, and ...