The Reconstruction of Ratok Bawak as the Society of Bukik Limbuku Payakumbuh into the Ratok Lareh Panghulu Art
- Keywords
- reconstruction, Ratok Bawak, Ratok Lareh Panghulu
- Abstract
Ratok Bawak is a wailing culture owned by Bukit Limbuku nagari community in Minangkabau. As the descendants of Datuak Penghulu Basa Nan Koruik, Ratok Bawak has become the identity of Bukit Limbuku nagari community. This culture began to be abandoned since the community s understanding of Islamic teachings is getting stronger. This research is done to preserve Ratok Bawak as an asset of the national identity of Indonesia. Specifically, this study aims to express Ratok Bawak into the work of Dance Ratok Lareh Pangulu, and to inform the community. In order to realize the artwork Ratok Lareh Pangulu, used Gadamer s interpretation theory, about the understanding of the reality of events. The research method used is a qualitative method, by doing literature study, observation, interview, and documentation. In order to know the form of embodiment of Ratok Bawak, done by reconstructing ratok bawak ritual process, which is documented into the form of vidio and photo. The reconstruction result is poured and packed into Ratok Lareh Pangulu dance and documentary film. The achievement of this dance showcases the spectacular elements (mise on scene) such as the design of concepts, emphasis on authentic characters of strong character, the expression of motion that expresses the character's character, explores the visualization of the characters in the laments, which combines events in the Ratok Bawak, to form a dramatic ladder. The sharpening of the unity of performances is reinforced by Minangkabau musicality.
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- © 2019, 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 - Nurwani Nurwani PY - 2019/05 DA - 2019/05 TI - The Reconstruction of Ratok Bawak as the Society of Bukik Limbuku Payakumbuh into the Ratok Lareh Panghulu Art BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Arts and Culture (ICONARC 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 179 EP - 182 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125911191 ID - Nurwani2019/05 ER -