Cultural Distribution Theory of Puppets
Cultural Distribution Theory Culture develops outside the area of origin and then adapts to its new environment. F. Greebner (1877-1934) made a concept regarding the classification of cultural elements based on their similarities which is called the concept of kulturkreise. This concept was later developed by Wilhem Schmidt (1868-1954) to see the history of the distribution and development of culture. Koentjaraningrat explains about the diffusion (distribution) theories of culture in order to examine cultural elements in the Melanesian region. His opinion is that human culture comes from a certain place which later becomes the main culture. This parent culture develops, spreads and breaks into many new cultures due to circumstances and time. A question certainly arises, why can puppets from Java influence outside Java, such as Sumatra, Kalimantan, NTB and Bali? There are several things that must be considered in answering the questions above. First, the position and influe...