Tembang Macapat as a Teaching Medium for Conflict Prevention in East Java

Tembang Macapat is a type of local knowledge that has been passed down from generation to generation, mostly by people from the East Java area.It is one of the most famous Javanese cultural heritages.It is a form of Javanese literature in the form of poetry and is used as a medium of education in the daily life of the Javanese people.Unfortunately, many young people today must become more familiar with the Tembang Macapat.In this song, many essential teachings are precious for life, especially when the East Java province is developing as it is today.It is not only the ethnic Javanese people who occupy East Java.Now East Java has also become a place for ethnic Chinese, Batak, Sundanese, and others.This diversity may lead to frictions of conflict between communities.This research is about the Tembang Macapat as a medium for conflict prevention in East Java.This research is of the library research variety.Macapat is used as a forum for delivering messages and social communication in its distribution.People who listen and sing are slowly embedded in the moral values that exist in society.