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Banyuwangi Folklore Becomes a World Tourism Attraction

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BANUWANGI, Jurnal News – The theme presented by the Cultural Observer and Observer of the Osing Tradition Aekanu Hariyono at the Workshop on Writing Banyuwangi Urban Legend Stories in the Adi Kardono Room, University 17 August 1945 Banyuwangi is “Banyuwangi Folklore Becomes a World Tourism Attraction” (27 January 2023).

The event was attended by dozens of high school students and university students led by Muttafaqur Rohmah. It was very interesting. Ira Rachmawati was really cool in bringing the flow of the discussion which brought together the resource persons including Aekanu Hariyono, Fredy Fredatore and H. Abd Fauzi.

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Aekanu Hariyono's distinctive appearance is acting like Toekang Tjerita in delivering material, sometimes shouting so that the participants startled.

Several Banyuwangi folktales that have been written by Aekanu have proven to have attracted the attention of foreign tourists (tourist) because it feels specific the story and illustrations are also written in their language so it's easy to understand the content and moral message.

The moral message is very important as a message in a story that Aekanu wants to convey to readers. The message to be conveyed is generally in the form of good values ​​that can be used as role models or good examples for readers.

The Workshop participants were very enthusiastic and always paid attention to every material presented by the Resource Persons and on average they were interested in mystical fiction stories.

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Aekanu who is also one of the organizers of the Osing Traditional Preservation Community (Dig) Banyuwangi hopes that "Hopefully young writers will emerge who will tell stories that have a moral message from Banyuwangi which can become a special attraction and be known to readers both from within and outside the country.", "hope".

Writer : (AWI-Kiling Osing Banyuwangi)

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