SOCIAL CONSERVATION MODELS IN ANCIENT JAVANESE MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE 19TH CENTURY

The specific purpose of this research is to discover the social conservation models contained in the ancient Javanese manuscript, Serat Centhini (1814 AD). This is a qualitative research study which utilizes a philological and social humanities approach. The data collected from the manuscript were reduced, displayed, and verified based on the research problem. The results of the research indicate that there are three values of social conservation in the Centhini manuscript, namely fundamental, instrumental, and practical values. The essence of the social teachings in the Centhini manuscript is divine behavior, morals, truth, beauty, humanity, and life. The implementation of the social cultural teachings in the Centhini manuscript is harmony, kinship, friendship, and mutual cooperation. All of these values are extremely important for the actualization of better norms in modern-day life.