Folklore: Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Medium to Strengthen the Character of the Nation

This study aimeds to describe the form of mental revolution in Nyanyian Panjang Bujang Si Undang which is viewed from six aspects tunjuk ajar, namely faith to God, honesty, intelligence, integrity, caring, and nationality. This study was a qualitative research using descriptive method. The data in this study were the character of educational value from the narrator, characters’ utterance and characters’ act which were collected through format of data inventory. The data were analyzed based on Miles dan Hubeman’s models through three steps; data reduction, data display and conclusion. There are six forms mental revolution on the characters of educational value in Nyanyian Panjang Bujang Si Undang namely faith to God, honesty, intelligence, integrity, caring, and nationality. Therefore, Nyanyian Panjang Bujang Si Undang as oral tradition inheritance can be used as the alternative in supporting the education from local wisdom of Melayu society to solve the problems of morality and ethic.