TARI CALENGSAI DI KABUPATEN BANYUMAS REPRESENTASI SIMBOL STATUS ETNIS JAWA DAN ETNIS TIONGHOA

Abstract

The goal of this research is to discover the form of the Calengsai dance by looking at the
process through which the work was created. The artistic treatment or interpretation of the
Calengsai dance uses Rahayu Panggah’s theory of Garap (interpretation), beginning with the
material for interpretation and continuing through to the different considerations for interpretation. In order to reinforce the description about the representation of status symbols present in the
Calengsai dance, Marvin Olsen’s concepts of Behavioural Interaction and Symbolic Interaction
are used. The method used in writing this thesis is a qualitative method with an ethnochoreological
approach which uses an analytical descriptive form of discussion, presenting the data obtained
about the creative ideas that emerge from the Calengsai dance through Calung, Lengger, and
Barongsai. The process of artistic interpretation in the Calengsai dance and the representation of
status symbols present in the Calengsai dance can be seen from the analysis of the form of the
Calengsai dance. The results of the research show that the role of the Calengsai dance in the
Banyumas region is a status symbol for the ethnic Javanese and ethnic Chinese communities
through Behavioural Interaction and Symbolic Interaction that are analyzed by looking at the
form of the Calengsai dance.
Keywords: Calengsai, Status Symbol, Dance.