FUNGSI LAGU PERJUANGAN SEBAGAI PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER BANGSA

Abstract

Patriotic songs basically originated from the history of education in Indonesia, starting from intellectual circle and teachers in pre-independence era initiated by the Boedi Oetomo movement (1908), the 1928 Youth Pledge and post 1945 independence. The form and meaning of the patriotic songs, either on vocals or with instruments, take place in ceremonial activities and performance art. According to Alan M. Meriam and RM. Soedarsono, this applies to public school, the Indonesian Air Force, and Gelora Bahana Patria Choir. As for character education, the specialty of Yogyakarta reflects its identity as a city of struggle, city of education and city of arts and culture. According to the theory of transformation, something new, including the arrangements of patriotic songs in the forms of march, hymn, romance for parade, military defile and aubade, is to restore the spirit of nationalism and patriotism. The success of transforming the patriotic songs so as to have new atmosphere is dependent on the various abilities to make the arrangement works, so that they can draw attention from the doers and the listeners and function in ceremony and performance art. In line with the Decree of the Ministry of National Education of 2011 items 10 and 11 regarding the values of nationalism and patriotism, we can realize those values by singing patriotic songs, using Indonesian language as the unifying language, and acknowledging, appreciating and commemorating the services of national heroes.

Keywords

• songs of indonesia struggle, national and charracter buliding