https://edunity.publikasikupublisher.com 1571 Edunity Volume 2 Number 11, November, 2023 p- ISSN 2963-3648- e-ISSN 2964-8653 Doi: https://edunity.publikasikupublisher.com/index.php/Edunity/index HYDROANTHROPOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE WINONGO RIVER GEGURITAN Sintha Wijayanti¹, Afendy Widayat² Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia E-mail: sinthawijayanti.2022@student.uny.ac.id 1 ,afendy_widayat@uny.ac.id 2 ABSTRACT Bardikari Jarmiko's Geguritan Kali Winongo has an idea of the water cycle that has a big hand in the life of mankind. So that humans cannot be separated from water and all its various forms, including rivers and streams. The author is interested in studying the literature in hydrological and anthropological aspects. So, it is hoped that this research will be able to produce another perspective on Geguritan literature related to water and human behavior. This research is qualitative descriptive research, using a multidisciplinary approach that seeks to combine several disciplines to solve or overcome certain problems. The object of this study is a Geguritan entitled Kali Winongo by Bardikari Jarmiko. There is a hydrological cycle contained in the Geguritan related springs that appear upstream (mountains). As is the nature of the water flowing to the lower places passing through various forms of the soil surface. Also in the water cycle there is a network of rivers consisting of the union of rivers - small rivers into larger rivers. The Winongo River contains advice and reminders about the importance of rivers and water in human life. The existence of living and life-giving water provides benefits to people's daily activities. Humans can befriend nature, but they can also be threatened by nature's response to human behavior. Keywords: Geguritan; Hydrology; Anthropology Introduction The richness of Javanese literature can be seen by the many manuscripts found and stored in ancient manuscript libraries. Since ancient times, royal poets have made literary works that tell many things. In ancient Javanese times, literature was written in the form of gancaran or prose and kakawin or poetry. The ancient Javanese literary works are contained in the form of inscriptions or manuscripts. In its development, Javanese culture gave birth to newer Javanese literature or modern literature. Before entering the modern period, Javanese literature also entered the stage of the central Javanese literary period. One of the Central Javanese literature is kidung. Of the many works of modern Javanese literature, one of them is Guritan. According to Winoto in (Anggraini, 2017), Guritan Comes from the word "gurit" which means writing, drawing, singing and so on. Waluyo (Teori Dan Apresiasi Puisi, 1995) added that generally Guritan It is characterized by works that are made to convey ideas in the form of short and dense words written in stanza. As with modern poetry, Guritan has meaning - meaning in the sentence and its language. So it is interesting to listen into a literary research.