The Existence of Jipang Village as a Collective Builder Cepu Community in Blora Regency

¹ Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: sukarjowaluyo@gmail.com

Abstract

The problem of locality and local wisdom in Indonesia has become a problem that has got much attention in the post-Reformation 1998. Cepu District in Blora Regency is now starting to rise to revitalize the glory of the Jipang Duchy in the past. Meanwhile, Duke of Arya Penangsang who ruled Jipang in the mid-16th century was a symbol of their hero. The chronicle of Babad Tanah Djawi and the Javanese Mataraman/inland culture have built a hegemonic representation whose traces are manifested in the art of Solo kethoprak (Mataraman). Meanwhile, Kethoprak Pati (coastal area) which accommodates spoken stories in Coastal Java builds a representation that has a resistance pattern. Cepu is a city that inherits the existence of the figure of Arya Penangsang and Kadipaten Jipang. The revitalization of the glory of the Jipang Duchy in Cepu is a resistance patterned representation. The existence of Jipang Village [1] as a collective memory builder of the Cepu community in Blora Regency is very important. Jipang Village, in the past was the capital of the Jipang Duchy, which is currently seen as important by the Cepu community. This research shows that there are three important things related to the existence of Jipang Village. First, Arya Penangsang and the Duchy of Jipang for the Cepu Community. Second, the construction of the collective memory of the Cepu people. Third, the material culture of Arya Penangsang and the Duchy of Jipang.