International Conference on Local Wisdom - 2019, International Conference on Local Wisdom - 2019

Designing Minangkabau Comic Strip for Literacy

 Tienn Immerry, Femmy Dahlan, Herry Nur Hidayat, Wasana Wasana, Pramono Pramono

 Abstract


This paper describes the effort to increase knowledge and understanding of Minangkabau idioms. Selected idioms that have moral content and everyday life guidance are transformed into visual forms, comic strips and illustrations. It is expected, through the transformation, to increase knowledge and facilitate the understanding of the younger generation, especially towards the Minangkabau idioms. In other words, this research is one of the efforts to revitalize and socialize Minangkabau traditional culture.


Keywords


comic strips, Minangkabau, idiom, literacy