Mantra Orang Jawa: Tinjauan Singkat

Abstract

Indonesian is known to be very religious society. It can be seen through the good growth of literature works both oral and written, such as "poem" and "incantation". Incantation exists among society after poets use their high ability and power of creation. Society believes that incantation has a magic power. Through incantation, we can observe how far does the function of it among society as written in Mantra OrangJawa by Sapardi Djoko Damono.