LITERASI: Indonesian Journal of Humanities
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ABDI DALEM DAN ABDI NEGARA: IDENTITAS GANDA SENIMANPRIYAYI KEMLAYAN SURAKARTA 1950-AN-1970-AN
Get PDFThis article explains the identity of artist-priyayi in Kemlayan, Surakarta during the postcolonial period. Kasunanan court did not have the authority to keep abdi dalem to serve the king after the independence of Indonesia. The king could not guarantee the finance of pangrawit in Kemlayan. The question to respond the situation is what cultural political strategy was used by the artistpriyayi community in Kemlayan to deal with the changing era? How was their identity after the social class was omitted?With expertise in art, the artist-priyayi in Kemlayan joint art institution that belonged to the Indonesian government to become abdi negara. They were helping Keraton Kasunanan by joining in traditional events. Then they got new identity without losing their the previous one, as abdi dalem. They also kept their priyayi’s attributes. Strategy that was used by the artistpriyayi in Kemlayan brought a positive outcome. They have double identity and the functional role as artists remained although keraton hegemony was gone. Their work orientation was not serving the king anymore. Now they serve people in culture sector according the government’s plan. Their identity as priyayi was admitted by the people and government as respect for their contribution.
Keywords: artists, priyayi, abdi dalem, hegemony, identit
ADUAN SAPI DI BONDOWOSO ANTARA TRADISI, JUDI, DAN POLITIK
Get PDFBull fighting is a form of physical fight involving two bulls guided by two jokey (seler) found in Bondowoso regency. This performance emerged in line with the birth of the Bondowoso in the 19th century, initiated by Ki Ronggo, the central figure in the opening up of Bondowoso. Initially, the bull fighting had an amusement function, but then turned into a gambling arena. A shift from an amusement to a gambling arena had been strongly influenced by the ethnical characters of Madurese associated with violence and competition. Religious image linked ti this ethnic group could not prevent them from practicing gamble in the bull fighting festival. There had been a form of dependency between bull fighting, gambling, and the government as the holder of legal authority. A bull fighting without gambling would not attract spectators and without them the government could not make money from tax. In 1991, for example, the bull fighting made a contribution of 15 % of the Bondowoso’s total income. A political shift in Bondowoso from a nationalist, Golkardominated political power to a religious, PKB dominated political power caused the ban of the bull fighting festival due to religious reasons.Keywords: bull fighting, Madurese ethnic, Bondowos
KONSEP SAKTI DALAM LAKON SAWITRI: ANALISIS PERTUNJUKAN WAYANG KI NARTOSABDO
Get PDFThis article is aimed at discussing the form of wayang performance and sacred (sakti) concept on Sawitri shadow puppet play performed by Ki Nartosabdo. It employes hermeneutics and dramaturgy approaches. Based on the analysis it can be concluded that the main theme is “destiny can be changed” (kodrat bisa diwiradat). The mandate given in the story is that with sincerity, loyalty, and persistence, everything can be changed. The main character of the story is Dewi Sawitri. The wayang performance is presented with Surakarta style. The sacred (sakti) concept in Sawitri is manifested in spiritual behaviour, loyalty, her unwavering and unyielding stance in living her life. It is proved that she is able to contribute positively to her husband, parent in-law, parent, and the environment.Keywords: sacred, shadow pupet performance, Surakarta styl
PROMOSI SENI BUDAYA DAN KEARIFAN LOKAL WILAYAH KABUPATEN JEMBER MELALUI TELEVISI LOKAL
Get PDFThe invention and application of the media forms using satellite communications, such as telephone and television, as well as the technological transportation advances result in the fading of physical, spatial boundaries because information on all events occuring in any part of the world becomes easily accessible to many people in different places almost in no time. Mass media such as television, can be interpreted simply as one of the instruments which reinforces human efforts in realizing the above obsession. The optimization and promotion of indigenous arts and culture of the Jember regency in the form of documentation and the making of the album as one of the shows on television programmes can serve as representation and image creation of the area and its complicated culture. Through this study, it is expected to create a better communication between communities and cultures in the regency of Jember that can be utilized to help the local government in formulating policies to explore and to develop its potential resources.Keywords: promotion , arts, local wisdoms, Jember regency, local televisio
DARI BIASA MENJADI LUAR BIASA: VICTORIA’S SECRET
Get PDFBra is one of the basic needs of women fashion. The history of bra has been unbelievably reached up to two hundred years old while during the period, it was fulfilled with ups and downs experiences. They have been confronted by the pros-contra reactions. The contra said that being multiple layers of woman dress seemed to be persecution. A series of inventions emerged as part of the improvements in making the bra shape getting better and more comfortable. They intended to burn those bras, but by the security guards helps, it didn’t happen anyway. They, at the end, threw those bras into the garbage can. This article explores the connection of bra status, before and after, the performance of the Victoria’s secret. Victoria’s secret is considered a leading pioneer in bra innovations using others material on bra surfaces. Its innovations have involved the great combination of fabrics, laces, comfortable, and using prime germs, such as sapphire, diamonds, or white and yellow gold meta, also the improvement of the status of the bra itself. Victoria’s Secret will be the trendsetter in the underwear world. The analysis shows that Victoria’s Secret seeks to restore femininity to strengthen themselves against of the high pressures of masculinity in the public domain by empowering their own weak sides as weapon. Keywords: bra, Victoria’s Secret, innovation, and value
PULAU SEBATIK SEBAGAI PINTU KECIL HUBUNGAN INDONESIA-MALAYSIA
Get PDFIndonesia and Malaysia are two neighbouring countries that share land marine boundaries. One of the boundaries of the two countries is situated in a small island called Sebatik. The island is devided into two parts, one part is under the Indonesia’s jurisdiction and the other one is under the Malaysia’s juridiction. As a boundary island, Sebatik has a strategic role for the two countries. The friendship betwen them is very obvious because in this tiny island the citizens of the wo counties can visit each other without being bothered by complicated administrative issues and procedures. However, it is quite frequent that tensions between the two countries arise in the island where military personnels are present to guard the borders. Apart from the oftenemerging tensions between the two countries due to the political dynamics Sebatik island has played a role as a small door to build peaceful relation between Malaysia and Indonesia, as demonstrated by daily contacts among the local people.
Keywords: Sebatik, Indonesia, Malaysia, diplomac
STRUKTUR CERITA MINAK JINGGO DALAM TEATER RAKYAT JANGER BANYUWANGI
Get PDFThis article elaborates the Minak Jinggo story. It is a unique phenomenon. Some people regard it as just a tale, resulting from human creativity, that had nothing to do with any historical events; Other people hold the view that the story had a connection with great event, Paregreg War, Perang Paregreg, between Majapahit and Blambangan. The story is still held by the local people until today and becomes the most popular story of janger art performance in Banyuwangi. It can be briefly stated that the proposal of Minak Jinggo (MJ) to marry Kencono Wungu (KW) symbolizes the willingness of Blambangan not to be subordinated by Majapahit. From a structural point of view, the story of MJ has several structures going harmoniously with the flow of story. There are diachronical structure and hidden structure shaped by relations among the story elements.Keywords: Minak Jinggo story, Banyuwangi, structural analysis, Janger folk theate
PARADOKS ANONIMITAS: FILSAFAT IDENTITAS DALAM NOVEL SURAT PANJANG KARYA DEWI KHARISMA MICHELLIA
Get PDFNovel Poetics Surat Panjang tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya (2013) by Dewi Kharisma Michellia is composed with an autobiographical technique to counter Katrin Bandel’s view on sexuality identity for young writer. This work may be seen from a different perspective of discussing woman, a self narrating style, gender, feminism, deconstruction, or even brought further to phenomenology practice. The discussion shows that the self character is able to merge into a non-self discourse and identity into non-identity and thus, becomes anonimousKeywords: identity, Surat Panjang novel, self characte
KESATUAN DALAM KEBERAGAMAN: PASANG SURUT PEMBAURAN ORANG-ORANG TIONGHOA DI SURABAYA
Get PDFThe Chinese migration to Surabaya can be traced back to the 14th Century. Among the push factors that forced the Chinese to migrate to Surabaya, poor conditions of living in their home country caused by natural disasters, warfares, and inhospitable environment were notable. In addition, the Chinese migrants in the 19th century were attracted by employment opportunities in colonial mines and plantations. Initially, there were no problems occuring between the Chinese and the indigenous peoples in Surabaya. The Chinese interacted with the indigenous people through marriage, religion, cultural performances, language, and food. However, their relations began to break down with the strengthening of the Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia. In the 19th Century, the colonial government began to introduce a number of regulations that effectively segregated the Chinese from the rest of population, namely the “wijkenstelsel”, an ethnic-based identification system (passenstelsel) and the establishment of Chinese schools. The postcolonial policies further disrupted the relations between the Chinese and the indigenous people. The policies included the Ekonomi Benteng, PP 10/59 which prohibited the Chinese and others identified as foreigners from engaging in village retail trade. Several additional policies established by the East Java Pepelrada (Regional Military Authority to Implement Dwikora) also discriminated against the Chinese in Surabaya.Keywords: assimilation, the Chinese, the indigenous people, Surabay
MENGUSUNG CERITA TOPENG BETAWI TEMPO DOELOE MENUJU PERTUNJUKAN DUNIA
Get PDFThis article elaborates the performance of Topeng Betawi story as a form of Betawi’s oral tradition presented at the Night of Old Jakarta Performance held at the VOC’s (Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie) Shipyard, Pluit Jakarta Utara, on Sunday, Desember 2, 2012. Foreign guests attending the show, invited by the head of North Jakarta municipality, came from 14 countries, including India, Japan, China, United States of America, Singapore, South Korea, and South Africa. The objective of this article is to report the aesthetical substance of the show in the context of world spectators. The article employs ethnographical method, interdiciplinary analysis, and performing arts approach. By doing so, it is expected that the article would be able to compose a writing that describe the performing of Topeng Betawi story during the 19th century in Batavia under the Dutch colonial rule. The aesthetic role of the stage was important as a media of performing Betawi’s folk story equipped with music, lighting, stage, and costums, which made the show more interesting. The producer with his expertise was able to organize the performance into a a garden party model before the VOC building. There were three things that made it interesting: (1) the great role of master ceremony in translating the story of Topeng Betawi (2) the shared exotic values of history as once being colonized, and (3 )the producer’s expertise in interestingly setting the show amazed the foreign spectators.Keywords: performance, folk story, Topeng Betawi, VOC era, exotic value