FOLKLOR LISAN DENDANG PADA MALAM BIMBANG GEDANG TEPUK TARI ADAT PERKAWINAN KOTA BENGKULU

Abstract

Dendang is one of the oral folklores of Bengkulu city. This study aims to describe dendang Tepuk Tari in the marriage customs of Bengkulu city, the form, function, and values. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method using recording techniques, interviews, listening, and taking notes and the Snowball sampling technique. The main data in this study are the chanting poems taken from the video footage that was sung and equipped with the results of interviews with several informants. This traditional dance is filled with the performance of seven traditional dances accompanied by Bengkulu traditional music and rhymes. The rhyme used consists of: 1) regular rhyme, and 2) talibun. The functions of the dendang are as; 1) entertainment facilities, 2) community identity, 3) social criticism, and 4) educational facilities, and it contains the values of: 1) philosophical, 2) religion, and 3) sociological.