> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: [[Janet Teowarang]] > Reference:: https://garlandmag.com/article/kampoeng-dolanan/ > Date:: 2024 > Tags:: #warp #Indonesia > WeftLinks:: [[Cultural value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft strengthens relationships between members of a cultural group]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Janet Teowarang recounts the history of a remarkable Indonesian organisation that seeks to preserve traditional games. ### Highlights The community located in the Kenjeran village, Simokerto Sub-District in Surabaya, the East Java Province of Indonesia, was founded on December 13, 2016, by the local youth organization (*karang taruna*). Their first initiative was to create a thematic village based on traditional games. Later in 2017, there were 100 individuals registered to become the volunteers of KD batch, one of the community’s partners, to educate new karang taruna for delivering activities outside the village by introducing Indonesian traditional games. playing traditional games, there is a deep meaning in cultivating attitudes by portraying an honest approach from the start where, in the future, we will become an honest person. if you cannot build a large area of Indonesia, then start to create your own small Indonesia where you can begin with your hometown. This is where he started the Kampoeng Dolanan community in the area. The community also has the strategy to increase their community members by creating a village with side-by-side assistance