Javanese Culture Maintenance at Dhoplang Traditional Culinary Market, Wonogiri, to Support Plasticless Society

¹ Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: wiwieksundari@lecturer.undip.ac.id

Abstract

As part of their creation as social creature, culture represents human being complex system of thought and practice. When people –as their creator– leave a culture, it becomes history. To maintain a culture, people should continuously use and keep them in their daily life as their cultural identity and part of their civilization. This research shows how a particular Javanese community keep their culture by holding a Javanese traditional culinary market at Dhoplang, Wonogiri, exposing Javanese traditional cuisine, clothing, language and local wisdom of environment friendly by using various leaves as wrapping to support plasticless society. It is also done to support Wonogiri tourism by obtaining more income from the vistitors for local people and government.