FKIP – Students of the Postgraduate Program (S-2) Indonesian Language Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Surakarta won 1st place in the National Poetry Writing Competition organized by Fun Bahasa. Meanwhile, the UNS student who won the championship was Eko Setyawan.

This competition was attended by hundreds of participants from all over Indonesia. The stages of this competition were administrative selection, collection of works, judging, and announcements. In the announcement round, Eko Setyawan was known to have won the competition.

With the theme of Short Poetry Creation, Eko wrote a poem with the title “Siraman”. Eko explained the meaning of the poem he made, namely about Javanese culture in the form of siraman when getting married.

“The material of this poem is about Javanese culture, namely siraman when getting married. Siraman itself means that the person who is getting married must be holy and the siraman procession marks that the bride and groom are ready to get married,” explained Eko, in an interview on Sunday (11/28/2021).

Eko added that it is hoped that this poem can be read by young people, so that young people can understand a culture well.

“The expected benefit of this poem is that it can be read by the younger generation so that the younger generation can understand a culture well,” continued Eko.

Eko conveyed his impression of winning this competition.

“The feeling of winning this race is very nice. However, I also feel challenged to keep getting better,” said Eko.

Eko Setyawan also conveyed his plans in the future, namely to publish a book with the theme of Javanese traditional marriage which will be published in the near future.

“In the future, the plan is to publish a book with the main theme, namely Javanese traditional marriage. The book will be published in the near future,” concluded Eko.

Quoted from the Fun Bahasa page, this championship activity was attended by hundreds of participants. The winner and the two hundred best poetry works will be recorded as an ISBN book.

Reporter: Akhmad Mukhibun
Editor: Zalfaa Azalia Pursita

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