Assalamu’alaikum
Wr. Wb.
Honorable to
headmaster of SMK 2 Pekalongan.
Respectable to teachers, adminsistration staff, and other audiences. And
lovable to friends, brothers, and sisters.
Morning
ladies and gentlemen. First, let’s say thanks to The Almaghty God, because only
by His clemency, we can gather in this place to participate in the 64th
anniversary of SMK 2 Pekalongan.
Now, I would like to present my speech entitled “The Role of
Technology on The Development of The Javanese Traditional Culture”. In this
topic, I will explain the meaning of traditional culture, the use of technology
in the spreading of culture, and the effects of the technology to the traditional
culture.
Ladies and gentlemen, before we continue to our main topic, it would be
better if we know what the meaning of traditional culture. Traditional culture
is a habit, role of life, or folkways that created by our ancestors, generated
from one generation to the next generation orally, and integrated strongly in
the local people. Generally, the local tradition is always obeyed by local
people without any shortcomings. The example of local tradition is local songs,
games, folktales, myth, ceremonies, foods, and clothing.
The unique thing is, because of the strong integration of the culture,
usually the old people can’t receive any other new tradition from outside,
although the new tradition is better and more rational than their tradition.
The reason of this phenomenon is because the old tradition has been carried by
people for many years. When a habit is done for several years, it will change
the people’s mind. They will think that habit is correct and good, although
other people may think their habit is fool. If that habit continues from one
generation to the next generation, we can say that the habit has transformed
into a tradition.
We can find this phenomenon in a village easily,
and would be easier if we search it in an underdeveloped area. But, this
phenomenon is no more existed in a city where the people have smitten with the
globalization in this global era. The people here could think more rationally,
and it causes some traditions extinct. Then, by the effect of Western cultures,
more local traditions lost, and some local values changed.
Ladies and gentlemen, why western cultures could
affect our country? The main reason is because our people have an internal mind
that western cultures are better than ours, more interesting, and so on. Their
tradition can spread easily in our country mainly because of the use of
technology.
Technology can be used to spread a tradition to
other place. The main form of technology that used widely is internet. With the internet, we can
share our tradition to the world and we can also know and apply tradition from
other place. This can enrich the local tradition. But, this can also damage
local tradition if we use the internet and other
technologies unwisely.
Ladies and gentlemen, the use of technology always
has advantages and disadvantages. With the technology, the spread of tradition
can be faster. We can also gain more information to be applied to our
tradition. But, the use of technology, mainly internet, could change, fade, and destroy local tradition.
It can also spread some bad traditions to other country, such as pornography,
drunk, smoking habit, and many others.
To decrease these disadvantages, we must protect
our self from bad traditions. We must use our intelligence and common sense to
sort and classify the good tradition and the bad tradition. Then, we must apply
and keep the good traditions, and throw away the bad traditions. We must be
careful in a consort with others. We must stay away from any prohibited
consorts. We must increase our religion comprehension to protect our self from
these problems.
I think that’s all of my speech. Thanks
for your kind attention to my speech. I do apologize if there are any mistakes in my speech. See you
later, have a nice day. Hopefully my speach can usefully for you.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
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