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The richness of local legends, such as the legend of Giri Gajah from Gresik, faces the risk of being forgotten due to a lack of visual elements appealing to child audiences, especially those aged 8-10 years old. To revitalize this legend, a picture storybook was designed by creating character designs that could captivate children aged 8-10. This dynamic educational medium is the primary target. The focus of the design lies in the character design, making it the core visual element and narrative driver, which connects the oral tradition with the needs of contemporary media. The research method used is design thinking. The design results established four main characters, namely Pandu, Sunan Giri, Sunan Giri's Grandchild, and Gajah (Elephant), using a Semi-Realistic Cartoonist illustration style. This style was chosen for its ability to bridge the reality of local culture with a cheerful visual appeal. This design successfully created an effective medium for the preservation of local culture and the improvement of children's interest in reading.

Indonesia has a very diverse cultural wealth, one of which is folklore that lives in various regions. Folklore, as a form of fiction originating from oral tradition, not only functions as entertainment, but also as a character education tool that conveys moral messages and social values. One of the famous folklores in Central Java, especially in Jepara Regency, is Sendang Bidadari. This story tells the origin of a spring that is a place for angels to stop and contains various social values ​​such as mutual cooperation, responsibility, politeness, honesty, and social concern. This study aims to identify the social values ​​contained in the Sendang Bidadari story and its meaning in the context of social life. Using a qualitative approach, this study analyzes the story to make it an alternative learning media in strengthening character education. The results of the study show that the Sendang Bidadari story can be used to teach the younger generation about the importance of preserving local culture and behaving well in social life.

Folklore plays an important role as a medium for maintaining the cultural identity of indigenous communities. This article investigates the role of oral traditions in maintaining cultural heritage, focusing on folklore, myths and legends from indigenous communities in Asia. Through ethnographic research and narrative analysis, this study shows how folklore transmits values, beliefs and collective memory between generations, ensuring cultural sustainability amidst globalization.

This article discusses the role and transformation of oral culture in Indonesia, which has existed since prehistoric times, as a means of conveying values, knowledge, and community identity. Along with the development of the times and technological advances, oral traditions face various challenges, especially due to the influence of foreign cultures and the dominance of digital media. However, oral culture still has high relevance and has the potential to be preserved through digital media, which opens up opportunities for traditional literary works to be adapted into more modern forms of writing. Through a qualitative approach and literature studies, this article explores the importance of oral tradition in people's lives and its contribution to the development of Indonesian literature, as well as how the internet era and digital technology changed the way it was preserved and spread.

Batak Toba is one of the many ethnicities that exist in Indonesia as well as having unique cultures especially regarding to ceremonies and family especially when it comes to holding death ceremonies, in Batak Toba culture they have many. It is due to the fact that culturally and historically they are used to live under the circumstances of different status in the community. As modern as it gets, the death ceremony is still being held in its traditional ways with different ceremonies for different person according to how many families they have. Culture certainly influenced a lot in a community to the oral tradition by saying phrases and idioms that may sound different to another community from different background. This paper is intended to demonstrate the technical meanings of idioms that are commonly used in Batak Toba’s death ceremonies using semantics-cognitive study. This paper used a descriptive-quantitative approach with also the study of library study. The idioms that are written in this paper is searched from asking relatives who are of Batak Toba origin as well as from books, journals and several website articles.

This research aims to describe the use of lunar terms in the Javanese calendar in people's lives and reveal the meaning and cultural values ​​contained therein. The research method used is subjective exploration with triangulation data collection techniques, inductive data examination, and subjective questioning. The research results show that Javanese people use lunar terms in the Javanese calendar in various aspects of life, such as determining dates, mentioning events, carrying out traditions, calculating good days, mentioning age, and strengthening cultural identity. The use of the term Javanese month contains quite deep meaning and cultural values, including cultural adaptation, local wisdom, religiosity, oral traditions and cultural identity. The term month in the Javanese calendar is not just a translation. This is a reflection of how Javanese culture adapts, respects local wisdom, and upholds religious values ​​and oral traditions. The use of this term in everyday life is an affirmation of Javanese cultural identity which continues to be preserved.

This study aims to delineate the values of local wisdom within the oral tradition of Umpasa from an ecolinguistic perspective. The ecolinguistic perspective is supported by communication ethnography studies. Data for this research were collected using observation methods, note-taking techniques (linguistics), complemented with ethnographic conversation methods and recording techniques (ethnography). Data analysis employed the extralingual correspondence method and contextual analysis techniques. The results of the analysis indicate that local wisdom within the oral tradition of Umpasa is manifested through tangible forms of local wisdom such as rocks and water, ulos motifs, and traditional houses; as well as through intangible forms of local wisdom such as proverbs, advice, and poetry. Each form of local wisdom manifests noble values that reflect the collective cultural appreciation of the society. This research examines the values of local wisdom embodied in the oral tradition of Umpasa within Batak society through an ecolinguistic approach and communication ethnography studies. The oral tradition of Umpasa is an inseparable part of the rich and diverse Batak culture, containing advice, proverbs, and songs laden with ancestral wisdom and teachings. Unlike physically tangible local wisdom, Umpasa exists as an intangible heritage transmitted orally, bringing deep understanding of the relationship between humans and nature and culture. These dimensions of local wisdom reflect the collective cultural appreciation of Batak society. The implications of this research involve understanding and promoting the preservation of local culture and enhancing appreciation for local wisdom within Batak society and beyond

This study aims to determine the development of the Mangupa oral tradition among the people of North Sumatra. The method used in this research is descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Data was collected through interviews, observation, and documentation studies. The results of the study show that the Mangupa oral tradition is still being preserved by the people of North Sumatra even though it has undergone several changes. Several factors that influence the development of this tradition include social, economic, and cultural factors. In addition, the support from the government and educational institutions also plays a very important role in maintaining the continuity of the Mangupa oral tradition.

The study aims to analyze the content of the Gorontalo Dikili manuscript and its relevance to messages and values ​​of kindness. This research is library research with a descriptive qualitative approach.  Primary data were collected and identified through documents in the form of manuscripts and written with APG script, totalling 10 main themes and containing 297 couplets. Secondary data in the form of video recordings The data is processed following the stages of philological analysis by reading the manuscript, identification, editing, and interpretation. The interpretation technique is done by directed content analysis. The results of this study indicate that the manuscript in Gorontalo contains messages and values of kindness that can be used as lessons and examples in following the sunnah of the Prophet. The values ​​of goodness include:  The value of spiritual education is related to patience and independence as an orphan. Moral values, in the form of fair behaviour in acting and behaving. Cultural values ​​are related to the recommendation of circumcision which is useful for maintaining genital hygiene for men, maintaining the respectfulness of women to avoid disgraceful attitudes and traits, and tolerant behaviour toward adherents of other religions. Social value is found in the sincere attitude of giving and willing to share, and always giving benefits to others. This research has implications for information about the contents of the dikili manuscript which has not been revealed, so the celebration of the prophet's birthday by re-reading the prophet's life history text needs to be preserved.