Legend of Tengger Village: Harmony Relationship Between Human and Nature

Abstrak

Tengger is one of the tribes in the cultural area of East Java whose community identity is built by a narrative in a legend. The legend contains the story
of the region formed in the Tengger area. The event of the formation of the region began with the story of the character Ki Dadap Putih who traveled to explore the forest and did babat alas. Alas or what can be interpreted as the forest is one part of nature that contains flora and fauna. Tengger, which was originally a forest, has become a village that is now inhabited by the community. This shows a reciprocal relationship between humans and nature. The naming of the village in Tengger is also taken from the babat alas incident. This study attempted to describe the relationship between humans and nature, especially through the legend of the village formation in Tengger region. The method used was descriptive qualitative. The data collection technique was done through interviews and literature studies that include conducting library data research, reading, and recording research data. Results, First, a description of the village of Wanasekar taken from a forest that was overgrown with many beautiful flowers; Second, the narrative of the village of Tosari which was taken from the name Tirta Sari. Tirta means water and Sari means beautiful. This happened in a forest that had a very clear and clean spring; Third, the village narrative SapiKerep was taken from the story of Kek Bima who was given a large number of cows by Ratu Buana Keling as a gift for the pedestal tripe. The motive of the legendary perch strongly  illustrated the reciprocal relationship between humans and nature.