UNAIR NEWS – Indonesia has a variety of tribes, cultures, and languages 媼that spread from Sabang to Merauke. It is not right if the young generation does not know their origin culture. The globalization in the contemporary era among teenagers did not prevent Ida Nur Safitri from preserving the language in her area.
Interviewed by UNAIR NEWS, students who were familiarly called Ida revealed they learned traditional regional of Banyuwangi language since she was in the second grade of high school.
“The first time I found out about this competition, I was interested and proud because there is a short story competition using Banyuwangi regional language, Bahasa using (using language)” said Ida.
In general, short story competitions usually uses Indonesian or foreign languages. However, this time bahasa using is the language of this short story competition.
“As a new generation, I have to preserve the regional culture by implementing directly to participate in Bahasa using short story competition,” he explained with great enthusiasm.
According to the 4th-semester student, the theme of the short story is different each year and it was her fourth time of competing since 2016. It was her second year she joined the competition because in the first year she was still not won yet. For this year, she raised the theme of Banyuwangi indigenous culture “Ngerujaki Pari”.
“I am a native of Banyuwangi, the culture is still carried out by my family. Thus, by lifting the theme, this can introduce its culture to the wider community, especially the young generation,” concluded the accounting student.
Author: Sulistyo Primadani
Editor: Nuri Hermawan
