PERJALANAN RONGGENG TAYUB DI PRIANGAN

Abstract

A study of ronggeng viewed from the historical perspective interested. In fact it has been
influenced by a pre-historical period where human believe in super natural. Peopole in the pre
historic period connected the rituals with dance atraction for their own significance. The ronggeng
included as a dance figure connected to the rituals because of its originally from the saman dance
and it similiar to the dance of woman priest. It remains us to the function of ‘catalyst’to the
ancestors. Ronggeng was symbols of recovery rites in the human believe. Ronggeng was also
symbol of a fertility rites in the human believe in addition to the relationship of its function has
been influenced by the Dongson’s culture for the mostly Southeast Asia societies where they
believe on the Goddess of Rice. Therefore the information of ronggeng has been wrote in Indian’s
literature and sculpture or relief panels of the temple. Eventually the ronggeng is identically
with fertility rites because of its relation to the Sri Devi and in other side is its atraction has also
viewed as laisure among the aristocrats. In the Islam’s period where performing arts used to be a
way of dakwah, so that the ronggeng status in herent with the sufi a manifestation of ma’rifat’s
ways, where the human assumted to their God. In feudalism feriod of Priangan the ronggeng as a
personal symbol. During this period ibing keurseus appeared as a new version of tayuban by
stressing on aesthetic movement appearance. At last the ronggeng unappeared because of its ignorance to the etic norm of religion.
Keywords: the ronggeng, continuities, the changing function.