Role of Prajurit Karaton of Surakarta
The paper is the research result which aims to describe more detail about the role of Prajurit Karaton and its participation in the current era. The research was conducted inside and outside the Karaton Surakarta area through ethnographic approach. (Ibrahim, 1994). The data of information was gained from the informans, direct observation and documentation through recording technique. For data collection, the researcher used interview, observation and documentation with interactive analysis. The core of this paper is the reality about the role of Prajurit Karaton Surakarta in guiding and keeping the good attitude inside the Karaton and show it outside the Karaton as the model for society. The research has aspects that studied and gained for the first time. As one of the informal education, Karaton has proven that It able to organize the education process in form of attitude and behaviour so that every Prajurit could dedicate themselves for the sake of society and generally for the nation. Sumpah Prasetya Prajurit Karaton became the pioneer of Indonesian national army vow. On command Prajurit Karaton as the basic command that used nationally. This fact showed that the activities of Prajurit Karaton in the form of social and cultural activities is an invaluable contribution.