PROSES PENCIPTAAN A’BIRING BONE DI KAMPUNG KUNYI’ DESA BAHOREA KECAMATAN BONTOSIKUYU KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN SELAYAR SULAWESI SELATAN Bau Salawati

Abstract

A’biring Bone is the name of a dance work which is performed in Kampong Kunyi’ in the Village ofBahoreain the Sub-District of Bontosikuyuin the Kepulauan Selayar District of the South Sulawesi Province.The way in which the A’biring Bone dance – whichin the Selayar language means “scouring the coastline” –isconstructed is closely connected to the local community, as it involves the people who live along the coast ofKampong Kunyi’. A’biring Bone is a work which tells about the lives of the people in the fishing communitywho move from Kampong Tile-Tile to Kampong Kunyi’ when the west monsoon season arrives, and hold aritual before going out to sea and a communal celebration to give thanks for an abundant harvest. This workalso presents a traditional dance that is found in the Sub-District of Bontosikuyu in the KepulauanSelayarDistrict of the South Sulawesi Province, namely the Pakarena BallaBulo dance.

Keywords: Form, Creation, A’biring Bone