JAVANESE FARMERS’ PRANATA MANGSA CONCEPT AS THE IDEAS OF WAYANG BEBER CREATION

Javanese farmers practice the pranata mangsa as their agricultural way. This conception has guided the Javanese agricultural approach in treating nature for generations from their ancestors to the present day. This teaching also inspires the creation of wayang beber with the sungging technique. The creation process consists of three phases, namely (1) exploration, (2) design, and (3) realization. The resulting work is divided into 24 pejagongs and six scrolls of wayang beber, with each pejagong containing a continuous narrative. The applied sunggingan colors represent the changing seasons, while the gunungan of kala at the beginning and conclusion of each pejagong represents the change in time and setting. The descriptions are separated into various categories, including the farming community, village officials, religious leaders, and intermediaries.


Introduction
Wonogiri is one of the regencies in Central Java which is close to areas that keep the legacy of wayang beber, namely Pacitan and Wonosari.In addition, it is close to the cultural centers of Java: Solo and Yogya.Those regencies are dominated by mountains and teak and cashew trees.Therefore, people's lives are closely related to the environment and nature, where the farmers are very dependent on the arrival of the rainy season to irrigate their fields.One of the traditions of the Javanese farmers that still remains is pranata mangsa.
The closeness to the existence of ancient wayang beber and the life of Javanese farmers, especially pranata mangsa, became an inspiration for new creation wayang beber.The form of wayang will be created so that it looks fun and so that it can revive the memory of every viewer who sees it.Besides being able to recall human experience or memory, wayang beber is also an effort to maintain culture as a historical relic and a human effort to meet the needs of everyday life, including the life of village farmers who believe in pranata mangsa.
Wayang beber is a form that is different from wayang kulit purwa or other wayang as a rich treasure of traditional artistic culture in Java.The existence of wayang beber both in the Gelaran Wonosari and Karangtalun Villages, Gedompol, Pacitan is an interesting phenomenon as a source of artistic creation.For this reason, the creation of wayang beber works is done by using the sungging technique.
The creation of wayang beber is carried out by freely exploring the pranata mangsa, so that its presence becomes a more innovative form of art.The chosen theme is the social condition of the village community where the creator has lived so far, although in terms of characterizations, setting, the author makes with figurative names.
The concept is arranged to underlie the creation of this wayang beber.The culture of pranata mangsa in the future is one point on the global warming hazard map.As a result of global warming, the culture of pranata mangsa will slowly be abandoned because they are no longer relevant to future conditions.When observing the current environment of farming communities, the signs can already be seen from the shift in seasons which are difficult to predict.Modernity has greatly influenced, both positively and negatively, the impact it has caused is felt and affects the social community, so that the culture of pranata mangsa will sooner or later disappear from the archipelago (Nusantara).
The creation of this work of art uses the sungging beber technique, in which every season (mangsa) is divided into two scenes, in one scroll there are four scenes resulting from the division of the two season.The scene of each pejagong refers to the activities of the farming community in each season and the social conditions of today's society.

Wayang Beber
Wayang beber is a type of wayang that is found in Java made of long paper and drawn (sungging) episodes of the story that staging is in the form of pictures show which is held dibeber (spread/stretched lengthwise) and not in the form of a shadow (shadow play) like wayang kulit purwa.As a traditional art in Nusantara, wayang beber has its own uniqueness when compared with other types of puppets (Margana; Rohidi, Tjetjep Rohendi; Iswidayati; Kartika, 2018).Wayang beber includes tutur (speech) theater art performances with the object of the image being spoken, or the images that being told.The wayang beber show is carried out by bringing story narratives (such as storytelling) and demonstrating scrolls in the form of pictures that are unfolded (dibeber).The scenes (episodes) in the picture scroll from the folklore about the love story of Raden Panji Inukertapati with Galuh Candrakirana.The series of pictures depicts the sequence of scenes from a play which consists of several acts.
Each act consists of several scenes drawn (disungging) on a roll of paper or cloth (Subandi; Yuwono, Basuki Teguh; Prabowo, Rahayu Adi; Aswoyo, 2011).The wayang beber performance is carried out by spreading a roll of paper panels from one scene to the next.Each scene is narrated by the puppeteer (dalang), so that the audience can enjoy the visual images narrated by the puppeteer for the events that occur in each scene (pejagong) sequentially.
It is not known exactly when wayang beber first appeared, but from several books it was explained that wayang beber was quite old.Initially, the story used was the wayang purwa story, namely the Mahabarata epic, but in its development, it used stories from the Panji cycle.Another source, namely Serat Pakem Sastramiruda, states that wayang beber was made during the reign of King Suryawasesa in Jenggala (1145 Java), who when he was young was called Panji Inukertapati.The wayang beber image that he created takes the story of Purwa which is drawn on lontar leaves by dijujud or distorting it (Kusumadilaga, 1930).The Pacitan wayang beber is often called by the people of Karangtalun and its surroundings as Wayang Simbah or also often called as Punden Tawangalun, while the owner gives the title Wayang Beber Jaka Kembang Kuning, as the name of the play.The content of the play Jaka Kembang Kuning is a love story between Panji Inukertapati and Dewi Sekartaji from Kediri.This story is a version of the Panji story from a number of Panji stories that are known to the public.Wayang beber of Pacitan has distinc t visual style to depict human figure (Grahita, Banung;Komma, 2014).The supporting community is more familiar with this type of wayang as Wayang Beber Pacitan.
Meanwhile, Wayang Beber Wonosari is often called by the people of Gelaran and its surroundings as Wayang Beber Gelaran or also often called as Wayang Beber Remeng Mangunjaya, as the name of the play.Like Wayang Beber Pacitan, the content of the play Wayang Beber Remeng Mangunjaya is a love story between Raden Panji Inukertapati and Dewi Sekartaji from Kediri, which is a version of Panji's story.
Wayang Beber Pacitan now belongs to the Ki Naladerma family (trah) and is jointly owned in the same family line, after his son, Ki Sumardi (last heir) son of Ki Sarnen Gunacarita, died.Ki Sarnen Gunacarita is the 12th descendant of the first puppeteer named Ki Naladerma.As Ki Sarnen Gunacarita was getting older and was no longer able to perform a puppeteer, Ki Sumardi, who was the 13th generation, performed the Wayang Beber Pacitan.After Ki Sumardi died, the wayang beber performance was performed by a young puppeteer who was not a descendant of Ki Naladerma named Rudi Prasetyo who had acquired the knowledge of puppeteering directly from Ki Sumardi (Subandi; Yuwono, Basuki Teguh; Prabowo, Rahayu Adi; Aswoyo, 2011).
The coronation of a young dalang is done if the old dalang (puppeteer) is really old or can't perform anymore.This belief is held for generations and those who violate it are considered disobedient.In fact, to become a puppeteer of wayang beber is also not easy.Beside mastering the techniques of puppetry, one also has to learn spiritual practice (Kejawen) which is a mandatory requirement for puppeteers.
Another obstacle is the absence of guidelines (pakem) for wayang beber puppetry that can be used as a reference for prospective puppeteers.A puppeteer must follow every stage and imitate the style of puppetry played by his father, before he is crowned as puppeteer wayang beber (Subandi; Yuwono, Basuki Teguh; Prabowo, Rahayu Adi; Aswoyo, 2011).

Sungging (Coloring)
Sungging cannot be separated from color, because color is a material, element, or product of various sunggingan.Sunggingan requires color and the results of sunggingan are in the form of color arrangements (Ahmadi, 2005).Sungging is a term that developed in Javanese culture, especially in the technique of applying color in wayang making.Sungging means colored painting (decorations/ jewelry) with paint (gold water and so on), while interpreter sungging (juru sungging) means sungging painters.The art of sungging means the art of drawing decorations/ jewelry.Based on the description above, it is clear that the term sungging has become an Indonesian word, with its trademark the application of various colors with a multilevel arrangement of color levels and has a meaning in each color.
Developments in science and technology affect changes in society, including in the art of sungging.The art of sungging is not only applied to parchment skin (shadow puppets) but has developed widely, including in sungging wayang beber (daluang or bark, cloth, etc.), glass painting, wood crafts, interior or exterior of buildings.
Sungging is a technique for processing colors in bi-color or tri-dimensional fields or media (trimatra), which generally apply graded or gradated colors.The special feature of the sungging technique is the gradation or multilevel colors, namely the arrangement of colors from light to dark, light to heavy, light to dark and vice versa.Because of its flexibility and attractive results, sungging or pasungggingan technique can be applied to various media, including: leather, wood, metal, cloth, or glass.

Pranata Mangsa
Since ancient times, their ancestors taught Javanese farmers to respond wisely and politely to nature, especially those who inhabited areas of the former Javanese kingdoms, following an agricultural calendar system, called pranata mangsa (Shindunata, 2009).That calendar is based on a 365-day solar year.Pranata mangsa is knowledge that is passed on orally from grandfather to children and grandchildren, With these pranata mangsa, people at that time had clear guidelines for farming, trading, running the government and solidarity.According to Sindhunata, the pranata mangsa has intricacies that are no less complicated than the ancient Egyptian, Chinese, Mayan and Burmese calendars, because within the pranata mangsa there is an astonishing connection between its cosmographic, bioclimatological aspects that underlie socio-economic life and socio-cultural farming community in rural areas.Overall, the pranata mangsa reflects the ontology according to the Javanese conception and the mind of the Javanese farmer which is depicted with various symbols in the form of season (mangsa) characters, in cosmological terms that reflect the harmony between humans, the cosmos and reality (Sindhunata, 2009).
Bratasewara, R. Harmanto writes in the book Bauwarna Adat Tata Cara Jawa about pranata mangsa, a year-long (Javanese) counting system is divided into smaller time units which are aligned with the changing seasons and agriculture.
Based on the rules that apply and are appropriate in the area around Mount Merapi and Merbabu, a year includes 365 days, divided into four units of time, each of which is closely related to the arrival of the season and farming time, namely the season of ketiga, labuh, rendheng, and mareng: ( 1) Ketiga, the dry season, it doesn't rain, it is not good to start planting for agriculture that depends on rainwater for irrigation; (2) Labuh, meaning to go down or wiwit (to start), to start working on the fields, work on the land, it starts to rain; (3) Rendheng, the rainy season, it rains a lot; (4) Mareng, the transitional season from the rendheng season to the Ketiga season.
Between one season and another, there is a transitional season which also affects agricultural activities.Mangsa (season) is the result of a smaller time division of 365 days in a year.A year is divided into 12 mangsa.Each mangsa has a certain number of days, has a certain character, has a certain candra of nature, and has a certain candra of soul for the birth of a child that coincides with a certain mangsa.The division of the season is divided into 12 mangsa, namely, Kasa (first mangsa), Karo (second mangsa), Katelu (third mangsa), Kapat (fourth mangsa), Kalima (fifth mangsa), Kanem (sixth mangsa), Kapitu (seventh mangsa), Kawolu (eighth mangsa), Kasanga (nine mangsa), Katen (ten mangsa), Dhestha (eleven mangsa), and Sadha (twelfth mangsa) (Bratasiswara, 2000).

Creation Methodology
The creation of the final project work that elevates the pranata mangsa to become the subject matter (theme) of the creation of the sungging wayang beber artwork is carried out using an aesthetic approach to fine art.Every work of art contains a main or dominant form or image in it, which is considered as the main subject matter.
The creation of wayang beber emphasizes its visual structure (visual aesthetic).
Manroe Beardsley explains there are three characteristics that make good or beautiful of aesthetic objects, namely: unity, complexity, and intensity (Child, 2000).The application to a creation of wayang beber works also has an element of unity, namely the stylization of the character of each wayang beber character and the coloring in each pejagong which refers to the division of each mangsa into a story and visual unity in wayang beber.Complexity is achieved through the stuffing of motifs (cawi, drenjemman, bludiran, etc.) and the division of each mangsa, which is divided into 2 pejagong and in 1 scroll there are 4 pejagong from 2 divisions of mangsa so that there are 24 pejagong and 6 scrolls of works of art sungging wayang beber.
Meanwhile, intensity is carried out through collecting data sources from various books and observations about the pranata mangsa and requires a long process so that it can be visualized and presented as a unitary work of art, the innovative sungging wayang beber.
The method of creating works of art consists of three stages, namely: (1) exploration, (2) design, and (3) embodiment (Gustami, 2007) (Saputri, Puput;Yuwono, 2022), which in the process of analysis are supported by sources and references, followed by basic ideas conceptually, then continued with design and making a model as a reference for its embodiment, so that in the next process an evaluation can be carried out.The creation method is supported by data collection through field studies by directly observing the activities of Javanese farmers, and literature studies from book collections.In this way, craftsmen can produce highquality, noble and monumental works of art.

Discussion
The process of making works of art is inseparable from the basic concepts that are processed using the principles of fine art, including the composition of shapes and colors.Each shape and color of the work created has a specific purpose and objective according to the artist's idea and the theme used.The concept is explained in the form of story reviews or work descriptions.This is used to make it easier for  The third scene is entitled "tirta telaga reja", which means the water of the lake that gives prosperity.The location setting is on the outskirts of a lake, and that's where the residents of Umbul Mungkret Village come to use the water from the lake to bathe, wash, and irrigate their fields during the dry season.

d) Artwork 4 th Scene
The title is still the same as the third work, because the setting is still in the same location, but different activities are carried out.In this pejagong 4. the author tries to capture the phenomenon that occurs in nature and farming communities during the dry season, where they have difficulty finding springs to water their plants.The farmers of Umbul Mungkret Village are still busy with various tools to get water, so that their plants stay fresh and grow.This scene tells the story of farmers cultivating the land before the planting season, as seen in the wayang beber, the activities of farmers who are plowing their fields can be seen.The Javanese term is ngluku.This scene is a picture of entry into the mangsa Kanem, which starts from November 9 to December 21, and this is the time when the farmers have been waiting for, the rice fields are filled with water, and the farmers spend a lot of time cultivating their fields.

l) Artwork 12 th Scene
This scene depicts a beautiful season like the character of mangsa Kanem, namely " rasa mulya kasucian ", meaning a noble sense of purity.Nature gives an extraordinary sense of friendship, as if everything emerges from its holiness, and humans are invited to share that holiness.That doesn't make him greedy, instead his  This work is still in the loop of the mangsa Kawolu cycle which takes place from 3 February to 28 February.This mangsa has the character "anjrah jroning kayun" meaning something is spreading in the will.The nature conditions for mangsa Kawolu are cloudy skies and lightning, but humans are not filled with fear, because the will refreshes with the rain.Rain seems to fill every hollow on the earth's surface, saving water when the earth is hit by drought.

q) Artwork 17 th Scene
This scene is still related to the cycle unit of mangsa rendheng (rainy season).
This artwork visualizes the activities of the people who are gathering at Tirta Telaga Rejo to bathe, wash, fetch water and even bathe their livestock, because water in this time is indeed abundant in this mangsa.The character of this mangsa is "wedare wacana mulya", which means the release of noble words.Garengpung sounds start to sound everywhere, and human skin is sensitive to disease.because the crops they get are abundant.The presents of the earth is intended to keep away from disaster or calamity.The earth is essentially a place to live and survive for all creatures in it.As human beings, we are obliged to protect and pray so that safety and well-being are always maintained.

Conclusion
The pranata mangsa has been very close and closely related to the life of Javanese farmers since ancient times, nature is not an enemy.Through the pranata mangsa, Javanese people try to align nature as a friend so they can understand each other.The role of pranata mangsa has a long history and journey with Javanese farmers.The message that nature conveys through the nature of season or mangsa is clear evidence that nature lives and supports each other.Through the pranata mangsa, the Javanese farmer is also the embodiment of nature.
Pranata mangsa as a form of culture teaches that the human psychological condition is closely related to the elements of the surrounding climate.However, at this time pranata mangsa culture has almost no traces and traces left in the life of Javanese farmers.Modernity, which has resulted in a culture of pranata mangsa, is 11, 2022; Revised: Nov 4, 2022; Accepted: March 15, 2023 | 3

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Figure 2. Wayang beber Remeng Mangunjaya, Wonosari style (Photo: Topik Sri Wahyudi, 2013) 11, 2022; Revised: Nov 4, 2022; Accepted: March 15, 2023 | 7 thus continuing for centuries, then it was standardized by Sri Susuhunan Pakubuwono VII in Surakarta on June 22, 1855.This standardization made the royal astrologers quite meritorious.Even so does not mean they have created something new.Because actually, the calendar has existed in the life of Javanese farmers for generations.In fact, before the arrival of the Hindus, our ancestors were already familiar with the circulation of the stars in the sky which underlies the knowledge of the repetition of the seasons.Pranata mangsa, literally means season setting.The book also writes about the use of the pranata mangsa which contributed to the success and majesty of the old Mataram kingdoms, Pajang and Islamic Mataram.
11, 2022; Revised: Nov 4, 2022; Accepted: March 15, 2023 | 9 appreciators to understand what is implied in each works.The results and reviews of the stories in this work of art are as follows: a) Artwork 1 st Scene Pasewakan comes from the Javanese language "sewaka" which means a meeting when facing a leader, the king, the village head, with the aim of merembuk (discussing) various activities in the village.Pasewakan activity is carried out once a month.Umbul Mungkret is a village name consisting of two words, namely umbul and mungkret.Umbul = water source, Mungkret = small, therefore it can be interpreted that Umbul Mungkret means a spring that flows small.Most of the people in Umbul Mungkret village have livelihoods as traditional farmers who apply the pranata mangsa, live by upholding the principles of mutual cooperation (gotongroyong) and Javanese customs, so that the village becomes gemah ripah loh jinawi kerta raharja (very very prosperous).Every month in Umbul Mungkret village a meeting/deliberation is held related to agriculture.