Pantun Nusantara: Penjinak Globalisasi

Muhammad Haji Salleh

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Pulau Pinang

Abstract

This article tries to analyze the existence and the dynamic of Indonesian pantun in the global era. The analysis uses descriptive approach. Result of the analysis shows that global movement swipe out and devastate nation as well as world wide determination and literature. More than that, the form of pantun which frames the aesthetic of Malayan culture which is emphasized and colored by specific value and nature has been affected by the influential global weave. Nevertheless, due to the strength of pantun form which has been tested by the dynamic of eras and diverse culture so in its journey to Europe at the end of the 19^th century, pantun began to find its universal or global format. Lately, because of the flood of books, radios and the internet or cyber media, its existence has not yet declined but on the contrary it shows its ability to compromise and utilize the sophistication of technology to reformulate itself in order to adjust with the development of the world. In such, Indonesia lends its local genius to the world, which in return world colors pantun with its nature and feature. This must be understood as an inevitable mutual relation in global context.

Key words: pantun, local culture, technology, global movement.