Transformation of Randai Performance Style in Kuala Lumpur as A Minangkabau Diaspora Cultural Heritage

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10.2991/978-2-38476-124-1_18How to use a DOI?

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Performance style transformation; Randai; Minangkabau

ABSTRACT

Randai as part of the culture of the Minangkabau community, which is learned and passed down from generation to generation in Minangkabau society. The essence of Randai art is attached to the traditions of the Minangkabau community. Anthropologically every society that migrates or migrates from one place to another, then the person who moves always brings with him the culture that is attached to him. With the distance between the area of origin and the new place of residence, it is suspected that something will be missing from the culture, such as the loss of one of the structures, compositions, procedures, and forms of the culture. After conducting an initial study in both West Sumatra and Kuala Lumpur, there are several assumptions that conclude that there has been a change in the style of Randai performances in Kuala Lumpur and West Sumatra today. This research was conducted qualitatively, by designing research work such as pre-field studies, field work by collecting data based on ethnographic and phenomenological approaches. In the field stage, the informants were selected based on the research objective, namely by purpose sampling, so that the key informants were the artists or artists who were directly involved with Randai performances. The interview and observation instruments were designed based on the performance structure and performance procedures. The interaction between the subject and the researcher is built like a snawball, so he will continue to develop from one informant to another. In this study, direct involvement with the object of research is needed, data collection is also carried out by triangulation between informants. In the post-field stage, the researcher conducted data analysis, with the technique as recommended by Spradley (1979) applied in this study. Each of them are: (1) domain analysis, (2) taxonomic analysis, (3) componential analysis. and (4) analysis of cultural themes (discovering cultural themes). The results of the study reveal that there are differences and similarities in the structure of the performance form between Randai in Kuala Lumpur and Randai in West Sumatra. Most of the structural differences occur in Randai in Kuala Lumpur, which is often produced by the Sanggar Seni fostered by the Kingdom (Government under the Ministry of Culture), while in academic associations such as UM the structure is almost the same as in West Sumatra. The scripts shown at Randai in Kuala Lumpur are of various forms, namely some of them highlight the life story of a character, other parts show human behavior in moral deviations, and there are improvised scripts. Subsequent findings in the orientation of the Randai script, generally the Randai performed in Kuala Lumpur, are present and past oriented.

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AU  - Indrayuda Indrayuda
AU  - Mohd Effindi Samsudin
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/10/24
TI  - Transformation of Randai Performance Style in Kuala Lumpur as A Minangkabau Diaspora Cultural Heritage
BT  - Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Languages and Arts (ICLA 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 126
SN  - 2352-5398
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