THE CREATIVITY OF SOCIETY MAKING RITUAL BECOMES SHOW ART: TRANSFORMATION OF RATOK BAWAK MEANING ON MINANGKABAU SOCIETY, INDONESIA

Nurwani and Amal, Bakhrul Khair and Adisaputera, Abdurahman and Ridwan, Muhammad (2020) THE CREATIVITY OF SOCIETY MAKING RITUAL BECOMES SHOW ART: TRANSFORMATION OF RATOK BAWAK MEANING ON MINANGKABAU SOCIETY, INDONESIA. Creativity studies, 13 (2). pp. 437-448. ISSN ISSN 2345-0479; eISSN 2345-0487

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Abstract

Using qualitative method and hermeneutical approach, this research examines the ratok
bawak bewailing tradition of Minangkabau cultural ethnicity in Bukik Limbuku region, Payakumbuh
town, Sumatra, Indonesia. This region uses the Indonesian language, Minangkabau tradition
and follows the matrilineal system. They are led by a headman, administration is done according to
custom and ratok bawak is used especially when burying a region headman. However, Hans-Georg
Gadamer’s transformation theory found in his book titled Truth and Method (German: Wahrheit
und Methode, first edition in 1960) has transformed this ritual into an art capable of influencing its
original meaning. Data were collected by observation, interview, documentation, and reconstruction,
and were analyzed by interpretative and qualitative descriptive analysis. Results show that
though the ratok bawak had expounded the meaning of sadness, solidarity, education, politeness,
prestige and discord, the transformed ratok bawak illustrates the meaning of aesthetics, education
(norm, tradition, and social), imagination, expressive creativity, creation and appreciation.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: ratok bawak, region, ritual, show art, transformation
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography > GC401 Oceanography. By region
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT388 Regional economics. Space in economics
L Education > LA History of education
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Sosial
Depositing User: Mrs Catur Dedek Khadijah
Date Deposited: 21 Jun 2023 09:15
Last Modified: 21 Jun 2023 09:15
URI: https://digilib.unimed.ac.id/id/eprint/53179

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