PRESERVATION OF CRAFT ARTS KRIYA IN NAGA VILLAGE, TASIKMALAYA, ADMIST THE PRESSURES OF GLOBALIZATION

Abstract

The cultural dynamics of community in Tasikmalaya are controlled by the custom principles since time immemorial. Dilemma hit the traditional village community in the middle of the current of globalization that is increasingly unstoppable. The development of cultural values seems to clash with the principles of custom which their held, so that the people of traditional village were at the crossroads, whether to keep tight to their customs, or to begin to compromise with foreign cultural gradations coming from outside. This research design uses an ethnographic approach with qualitative-descriptive method. Researchers use the main instrument (human instrument) with the aids of interview guides, observation guides, and field notes. The results of the research are: (1) Kriya (craft art) of is one of the masterpiece as well as traditional art of that must be developed and preserved. (2) In its existence as a traditional art, the Kriya arts of have a dilemma when faced with the current pressure acute of globalization. This dilemma is related to the need to increase the production of Kriya art that require modern touches, then collide with local principles that have been maintained and guarded since time immemorial.

Keywords: preservation, Kriya, Naga Village, Tasikmalaya, and globalization.