Corona in Pupuh Ginada Dasar: A cultural response to crisis situations due to the Coronavirus pandemic

Abstract

The Corona pandemic is further exacerbated by the climate change that is happening. This situation also affects the Balinese people. I found the Pupuh Ginada Dasar in the middle of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Pupuh Ginada Dasar can be understood as a new type of Balinese poetry that arises during seasonal changes in the coronavirus pandemic. The purpose of this research was to uncover the Corona in the Pupuh Ginada Dasar. The problems are 1.) What is the Corona in the Pupuh Ginada Dasar?; 2.) What is the meaning of Corona in the Presentation of Pupuh Ginada Dasar?. This research was completed with a qualitative method with the Emic approach. Observation techniques, interviews are used for primary data collection and literature study connected with secondary data search. All data were analyzed qualitatively with symbol theory and reception theory. The results showed that the form of Corona in the Pupuh Ginada Dasar figures could be understood in the form of words that are strung together as an expression of new creativity in presenting the Pupuh Ginada Dasar. Corona in Pupuh Ginada Dasar means a source of disaster, source of the financial crisis, source of life woes, motivation in finding new jobs, source of motivation in cultural revitalization, and source of motivation for the socialization of virus prevention during the Coronavirus Pandemic.