Pelatihan Budaya Nusantara melalui Media Dongeng sebagai Penguatan Identitas Siswa Sekolah Indonesia Johor Bahru Malaysia

Utami, Respati Retno
Wijoyanto, Danang
Istantiani, Meinita
Ernawati, Yunita
Andriyanto, Octo Dendy
Adipitoyo, Sugeng
Latif, Fatmayana

Prima Abdika: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat
Vol. 5 No. 4 (2025): Volume 5 Nomor 4 Tahun 2025 (Desember 2025)

This community service program aims to strengthen the cultural identity of the Indonesian archipelago among Indonesian migrant children in Malaysia through storytelling training based on Javanese folk tales. The activity was conducted at the Indonesian School in Johor Bahru (SIJB) using a participatory, culture-literacy-based approach. The main media consisted of two storybooks adapted from the Si Kancil Nyolong Timun storybook, compiled in two languages (Javanese and Indonesian) and featuring contextual illustrations. Through interactive storytelling training, cultural value discussions, and teacher mentoring, this activity showed a significant increase in students' cultural knowledge, ability to understand moral values, and pride in their native culture. This article shows that fairy tales are an effective medium for character education and cultural preservation within the Indonesian diaspora.