The Importance Of Folklore

Most of the researchers prove that if the age of children is the gold age period. where is the system of nerve has achieved 100-200 billion and its intelligence has achieved 80%. This age is a period that the most appropriately for giving education servicing adequately. One of them is building the good character of children as early as possible. Folklore can shape the character with educational psychology and socio-anthropology approaches. Folklore, in order to socio-anthropology more able to received causes of appropriately by the culture of nation. Besides of, in psychology folklore more able to receive by children causes of also appropriately with the cognitive developmenting those riches of imagination. In this paper

It may be found in societies. Folklore is including the educational value of which the value of religious, social, ethical and cultural values (David, n.d).

Although folklore is the nature of entertainment it can also bring messages of development to our characteristic. This can occur because the folklore also performs the function of education in the audience. Therefore, it can be used to convey knowledge to the public (citizens). It can also instill and reinforce cultural values, social norms, and social philosophy (Amri jahi, 1988).

General properties of folklore is readily accepted, relevant to the cultural, entertaining, using local languages, has an element of legitimacy, flexible, have the ability to repeat his message, two-way communication, and so on.

The functions of folklore refer to mental revolution program of people (Nurdin,

As an educator tool. An example is the story of Onion and Garlic, the story is to educate people that if people were honest, kind to others and the patient will receive proper remuneration.

4. As a means of coercion and social control so that societal norms are adhered to. Story "stubborn frog" can be interpreted as a means of coercion and social control against the norms and values of society. This story insinuate to people who talk a lot but a little work.

Folklore now days already extinct and probably will disappear bit by bit it is proven by influence from modernization that make us forget about our traditions. Most of people Indonesia especially teenagers will be more prefer watching k-pop concert, Korean drama rather than watching Tradition Theater, we can see from the attitude and the character of the teenagers example is awkarin she is the selebrity in instagram and also she is the youtubers she often post videos and photos that inappropriate and damaging the morale of the nation it might caused by the influence from westerns culture or modernization, we can learn from that case if the folklore itself is really important in our society to shape the good behavior and it also contain of the willingness of the nation to preserving the culture, and learn the values of