MTs As'ad Jambi Santri Trained To Write Regional Language Poems To Preserve Local Culture

The students of MTs As'ad Lake Teluk, Jambi City learn regional languages to preserve Jambi culture held by Unja. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA As many as 30 students and students received guidance from a team of lecturers at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Jambi University (Unja) in training writing poetry using regional languages.

This activity is part of a community service program that is initiated to maintain the sustainability of local culture.

"We are carrying out this activity with the Tasanawiyah Madrasah (MTs) As'ad Olak Kemang, Lake Teluk District, Jambi City," said Head of the FKIP Unja Cultural Preservation Program Team, Helty, in Jambi, Wednesday.

In implementing the program, Helty and his team also involved three students of the Prodi Sastra Indonesia Unja as companions. According to him, this training is expected to be able to raise awareness of the younger generation of the importance of preserving regional languages.

He added that there are many ways to revitalize regional languages, but the team chooses the literary route.

"The goal is for students to have an understanding that in addition to preserving regional languages by using them according to context, regional languages can also be preserved by producing literary works in the form of regional language poetry," he explained.

Deputy Head of MTs As'ad Lake Teluk, Ustadz Hamid, welcomed the activity. He assessed that the students gained new experiences as well as insights into how to maintain the regional language.

"This training has a positive impact on our students, especially in maintaining and preserving regional languages by producing regional language poetry," he said.

Hamid hopes that similar activities can continue with more diverse topics so that students have knowledge that is relevant to the times. According to him, this writing training also teaches students not to easily dissolve in modern cultural flows without filters, which could shift the use of regional languages in everyday life.