POLA KERUANGAN KEBUDAYAAN USING BANYUWANGI

Mustofa, dkk.

Jurusan Geografi, FIS Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Surabaya 6 Malang

Abstract: Osing’s culture is the effect of Banyuwangi’s society distinct reproduction. Osing’s cultural products cannot be found in other area except Banyuwangi. Osing’s culture is not only limited but also unique. This inflict many questions related to the geographical position of Banyuwangi which should have been part in Javanese Osing ethnic is not spreaded out well in the districts of Banyuwangi. This implicate to the existance of Osing language and arts. In language elements, elementary and junior high school students are considered as a representation of the Osing language speakers. This is caused by the dynamic of the use Osing language. In art elements, founded 535 art groups and galleries and divided into 30 kinds of art. However, after get selection, only 147 groups are divided into eight types of art who has Osing’s original character. And next, when it is mapped, the areas which have the most speakers are not the areas which have large teritorial, but which have a big amounts of schools. Whereas in art, it shows that the spatial pattern occurs “relocation diffusion” of the origin Osing ethnic to un-dominant Osing ethnic areas.

Keywords: osing’s culture, osing ethnic, spatial pattern.

Makalah disajikan pada Seminar Internasional Geografi 2014 “Human Resources Development in Geography Perspective″, FIS UM, 28 Agustus 2014