Ngebel Sumber Kabuyutan: The Reflection of Human and Natural Harmony Through Serat Centhini

Master of Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: frengki.criss@gmail.com

Abstract

In 2019, the issue of the impact of the PLTP construction in Ngebel Ponorogo was widely discussed. Reduced groundwater supply is one of the inherent impacts of geothermal drilling activities. In line with the mandate of Law no. 5 of 2017 concerning the Advancement of Culture implies old manuscripts/texts as one of the objects of cultural advancement, attention to Ngebel's ecological issues reminds us of early 19th century Javanese literary work entitled Serat Centhini. In Serat Centhini Volume VII pupuh 394. Wirangrong, pada 18 to pupuh 398. Gambuh pada 38 narrative records of various ecological wealth in Ngebel, as well as various water resources and syncretism rites of respect for natural resources which can be categorized as mystical-ecological. The discussion of narrative discourse through Serat Centhini is presented as a reflection of Ngebel Ponorogo ecological richness and the harmonization of humans and nature. Given the imagination during the Covid-19 pandemic, nature has again become the focus of human attention. Thus, the imagination of Ngebel's ecological wealth in the past emerged for consideration of Ngebel's environmental sustainability for the construction of PLTP (Geothermal Power Plant) and in general as an imagination of the harmonization of humans and nature.