Strength of the Tolerance in the Country Through the Tepaslira Directed to the Community Java in Surakarta

Tolerance is a condition that needs to be preserved in heterogeneous society. Nowadays, tolerance has stated to fade in the life of society that it needs to be reminded and reinforced that this nation has local wisdom which teaches the beauty of tolerance between ethnicities, between religions, between groups and between regions in order to achieve consistent, harmonious, and balanced in society, national and state life. One of the local wisdoms which can be re-explored is Tepaslira. This research aims to describe how Tepaslira is implemented in the life Javanese community which keeps on being preserved by the Javanese community in Sudiroprajan Surakarta. This research is qualitative research with ethnographic approach. The data was obtained through observation, interview, and documentation while the data analysis used was interactive model analysis. The result shows that the life of the heterogeneous community there which has two ethnicities namely Javanese-Chinese and three religions namely Christian-Islam-Confucianism goes well because the community still hold Tepaslira in high regard. Keywords—culture; sudiroprajan; tepaslira; tolerance