Examining Body Moves in the Rhymes of Cancang Song: A study of Indonesian traditional art

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10.2991/assehr.k.200321.035How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cancang song, examining body, meaning, Salawaik Dulang

Abstract

Salawaik Dulang is an Islamic Minangkabau traditional vocal music that functions as a medium of ritual and entertainment. Cancang song is one part of the song’s structure of Salawaik Dulang. Cancang song as the text is formed by poetry and melody. The essence of Salawaik Dulang’s performance is in the rhyme of Cancang song. This article aims to analyse the meaning of Cancang song in Salawaik Dulang’s performance. The method used was Narrative Inquiry. Data collection used observation, interviews, and document study. The results showed that Cancang song which is contained in Salawaik Dulang described the examining body. It has meaning in the form of an appeal and advice to the humans to conduct the Shari’a, the Tariqa (path), the Haqiqa (reality), and Ma’rifa (gnosis) in life.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lastri Elita
AU  - Diah Latifah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/24
TI  - Examining Body Moves in the Rhymes of Cancang Song: A study of Indonesian traditional art
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Arts and Design Education (ICADE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 148
EP  - 152
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200321.035
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200321.035
ID  - Elita2020
ER  -