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Strengthening the quality of education, especially in the arts and culture, in Indonesia is very important. This can be achieved via the application of technology. Malang is a city that has a lot of traditional cultures, such as masks (Topeng), of which there are about 67 designs. It is a challenge in developing learning materials for Topeng Malang. The influence of the inclusion of modern styles is one of the factors stimulating the decline of Malang people’s insights related to traditional culture such as Topeng Malang. This research is related to the strengthening of Topeng Malang education media material by using AR technology. This research focuses on insightful content relating to characters in Topeng Malang,especially for supporting models. This research is carried out through descriptive procedural models, which must be followed to produce a development product — data was obtained by interview, data observation, and documentation. Observation data consisted of reference data for the description of supporting character models namely Pranajiwa and Emban, visuals in the form of Topeng Malang, library data and surveys from the target audience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The culture of Malang City cannot be separated from the traditional arts that exist therein. Of the famous ones is Topeng Malang, although it is now not as attractive as the modern art. Topeng Malang is peculiar in that it has 67 forms of mask design. One way to preserve the Topeng Malang culture, especially regarding mask design, is through digitizing. This research focuses on digitizing the whole form of the Topeng Malang, especially the Patih character, in addition to developing these characters into a human form with 3-dimensional modeling techniques. This is a descriptive procedural research model, resulting in a product. Data were obtained thtough observation, interviews and documentation. Observation collected visual data with regard to Topeng Malang's forms, references for re-forming the Patih character, literature and survey result. The character re-formation applied to patterns, shapes and colors of the Topeng Malang. Enhancing the design of the Patih character in Topeng Malang assets will revitalize the local wisdom in Malang and improve the recognition, pride, and image of Indonesian culture in the world. This result of this research can also be utilized as part of the materials for character education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]