Abstract
AbstractGerong lyrics as the only orality in the Prambanan Ramayana ballet no longer present the story of Rama in its entirety. Although most gerong lyrics contain the scenes, the singersare not always fixated on the lyrics, but prioritize the tones of the chants. This study aimsto reveal the structure and formula of gerong chants in the Prambanan Ramayana ballet. Itused Levi-Strauss’ structuralism theory and Albert Lord’s formula theory and employedthe qualitative descriptive method. The data were gerong lyrics and their chanting andvarious supporting orality elements. The results of the study show that the structure inthe form of geronginter-lyric relation does not show the Ramayana story plot. In addition,a gerong chant formula is found. The chant formula becomes one of the developments of Lord’s formula theory giving priority to the formula of the oral lyrics.Keywords: Ramayana Ballet, structuralism, formula, gerong, chants
Highlights
Abstrak Lirik gerong sebagai satu-satunya kelisanan dalam sendratari Ramayana Prambanan tidak lagi menyajikan cerita Rama secara utuh
Two things that are concerned with the gerong lyrics that become the research questions are: (a) How are the gerong lyrics of the Prambanan Ramayana ballet related to the story plot? and (b) What is the structure formula of the singing of the gerong lyrics?
The singing of the gerong lyrics heavily depends on the music formula such that the contents of the gerong lyrics are not as prioritized as the singing tunes that must be a match to the music
Summary
Abstrak Lirik gerong sebagai satu-satunya kelisanan dalam sendratari Ramayana Prambanan tidak lagi menyajikan cerita Rama secara utuh. In responding to tourists’ demands to watch traditional performances, tourism providers develop show packages that are suited to the tourists’ tastes so that a genre is created which, in other neighbouring countries such as Thailand and Cambodia, is called ballet It is why there are in Indonesia the Ramayana Ballet, the Ballet of Bimanyu in Ubud, and others. Song lyrics are stopped at any word or sentence as soon as the music stops without any obligation for the wiraswara and swarawati (sindhen) to finish their lines This is one important thing to study in order to help viewers in understanding the story of the show. Based on the backgrounds presented above, this study is focused on the relation between gerong lyrics and dan formula of the singing of the lyrics in the dance drama.
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