Scholars International Journal of Linguistics and Literature (SIJLL)
Volume-4 | Issue-09 | 275-281
Original Research Article
Didactic Functions in the Mabebasan Tradition in Geguritan Candra Bhairawa Manuscript
Ida Bagus Made Wisnu Parta, I Nyoman Suarka, I Wayan Cika, I Made Suastika
Published : Sept. 11, 2021
Abstract
The so-called geguritan (traditional Balinese poetry) didactic function in Candra Bhairawa manuscript attempts to fulfill the mabebasan tradition's ideas of justice as instruction. The Geguritan Candra Bhairawa manuscript serves as a didactic medium for the author's messages and counsel. Its goal is to deliver an educational message to its readers that include the ideals of life's philosophy. This study's findings concern the didactic function of literature as a medium capable of directing or educating its readers. Teaching is accomplished by reading and developing literary works that contain the values of life philosophy. The mabebasan tradition serves several educational purposes in society, one of which serves as a graphic symbol (expression of feelings). Authors construct literary works by infusing each of their poems with messages, mandates directed to literary readers or the population. The Geguritan Candra Bhairawa manuscript didactic functions in the mabebasan tradition are expressed through expressive symbols during the five-day event, namely: (a) to preserve a cultural legacy through the mabebasan tradition; (b) as a moral compass for a society founded on noble values; (c) as a supplement to the yajna ceremony's five gita method.