TARI WAYANG KARAKTER SATRIA LADAK
ABSTRACT: Wayang dance is a
dance expressing events in the stories of wayang. The events here among oth-
ers are dances revealing the background of the story, theme, the name of the
dance, characters, and philosophical elements. Of those various elements, the
scope in this study is limited into matters of satria ladak character.
Wayang dance satria ladak character living in several areas contains some
significant differences in several aspects. The term differing the specialty of
wayang dance is called sejak. The scope of se- jak is more for one’s style in
dancing dance genre from the same ethnic. Therefore, the term sejak is firstly
come out when seeing one’s performance in dancing, either referred to her/his
choreography or to her/his specialty in performing the dance. Then, sejak owned
by the individual is spread among his/her surrounding, so that it can be an
icon in respective areas.
The quantity of Wayang dance satria ladak is varied in each areas, such
as sejak Sumedang is Dipati Karna dance. While Sejak Garut is Bambang Somantri
dance, and sejak Bandung is Arayana dance. These materials are chosen as
samples for comparative and interpretative study.
Penulis: Lilis Sumiati
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd120045
