THE IDEOLOGY OF THE CREATION OF THE PETENG BULAN DANCE FOR EARLY CHILDREN

Abstract

The purpose of this article publication is to explain the ideology of creating Peteng Bulan Dance for early childhood. This dance was created because of the findings in the field that so far there has been no dance for young children. In fact, they really need dance based on local wisdom to introduce elements of their regional culture in order to form identity and strengthen the nation's character. The questions are: 1) What is the form of the Peteng Bulan Dance?; 2) What is the ideology of the creation of the Peteng Bulan Dance? This research was conducted using qualitative methods. The data sources for this study were Peteng Bulan Dance itself, early childhood performers, choreographers, the children's parents, trainers, and related communities who were selected based on purposive sampling and snowball techniques. All data that has been collected through observation, interviews, recording, and literature study, were analyzed using aesthetic theory, structural functional theory, and symbol theory. The results showed that : 1) Peteng Bulan Dance is presented in the form of a loose dance (without a story). This can be seen from the way of presentation, fashion make-up, variety of movements, narration, structure of the performance, and the musical accompaniment of the performance; 2) The ideology of the creation of the Peteng Bulan Dance is the ideology of cultural preservation.