Abstract

Throughout the history of human civilization, the word Mother is found in all languages in the world. Sundanese as one of the ethnic groups in Indonesia who is speaking Sundanese. Mother in Sundanese is indung . In Sundanese culture, indung is not only has the meaning of biological mother, but indung has more meaning. Based on its understanding, the indung have feminine characteristics, such as gentleness, affection, protecting and caring. Referring to the understanding of the indung , the characteristic of the indung in Sundanese culture, is found in Sundanese mythological figures such as Sunan Ambu and Nyi Sri Pohaci (Dewi Sri). The research was conducted using Art based Research methods. The research was conducted through literature data collection aimed to get an overview of the indung figures in Sundanese mythology sourced from carita pantun and ancient manuscripts which then interpreted the meaning of the indung in visual artwork. The result of the study is the characteristics of the indung contained in the mythological figure such as Sunan Ambu ( in this case as Ambu Langit, Ambu tengah and Ambu Bumi) as well as Nyi Sri Pohaci who has the spirit of the indung that is guarding, protecting humans, and providing life for humans and other earth creatures. These characteristics are depicted in the form of two-dimensional display works with traditional visual styles, and the use of video technology with stop motion techniques. Keywords: Goddess, Indung , Mythology, Sundanese, Visual Art. DOI: 10.7176/ADS/92-02 Publication date: April 30 th 2021

Highlights

  • Every language in the world has a word mother

  • Indung of Aing's visual artwork is based on mythology found in the beliefs of the Kanekes community, Baduy Dalam

  • The mythological story is interpreted in the form of bird and buterflies visualization that symbolizes Goddesses such as Ambu Langit, Ambu Tengah and Ambu Bumi that deliver the Aing prospective human to Buana Panca Tengah

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Summary

Introduction

Every language in the world has a word mother. Mother's understanding in all country has the same meaning, namely a woman who is pregnant, giving birth and caring for her children. In Indonesia there are more than 1000 ethnic groups living throughout the Indonesian archipelago. Each ethnic group in Indonesia has its own special customs and cultures that become its identity (Na'im and Syaputra, 2010). Indonesia has many different terms for the words of mother. One of the words of mother in Sundanese is indung. Indung has a meaning as a biological mother, but has a very wide meaning, based on literature, the meaning of indung is not limited as a mother, indung can mean nature, role, symbol, philosophy and so on In this case Mustapa (1985) stated, “Sundanese people are stronger to consider indung (mothers) than bapa (fathers), it signifies the indung (mother) of all role models (something considered more, called indung and not called father)”

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