Sokhai dalam Tarian Adat Perkawinan Masyarakat Desa Bouweli Kecamatan Pantar Kabupaten Alor

Abstract

Sukmawati Dollu Serang, NIM. 1901090017 wrote this thesis entitled Sokhai in the tradisional wedding  Dances for the people of Bouweli Village, Pantar District, Alor Regency. The problem in this research is (1) How in the process of implementing the sokhai dance in the people of Bouweli village, Pantar District, Alor Regency, (2) How do people understand the value and meaning of the sokhai dance in the village of Bouweli, Pantar District, Alor Regency, (3) How are the efforts to preserve the sokhai dance in Bouweli Village, Pantar District, Alor Regency. The purpose of this study is to explain the process of carrying out the sokhai  dance in Bouweli Village, Pantar District, Alor Regency, to eksplain the community understanding of the value and meaning of the sokhai dance in Bouweli Village, Pantar District, Alor Regency, to explain the efforts made by the community to preserve the sokhai dance in Bouweli Village, Pantar District, Alor Regency. The informant determination teacninque was arried out by means of Snowball Sampling. The data sources in this study are primary data sources and secondary data. Data collection techniques in this study were interviews, observation, and document studies. The data analysis technique in this study is descriptive analysis with a qualitative approach. The research results show that (1) In the process of implementing the Sokhai dance in the people of Bouweli Village, Pantar District, Alor Regency, there are 3 stages that must be prepared, (a) The preparatory stage, during this preparatory stage several things were prepared, namely clothing, dancers, and equipment such as gongs, drums, and moko, then practice together and prepare physically and mentally. (b) The implementation stage, in the process of carried out in a state of dancing prancing clockwise around the circle while singing. (c) The final stage, in this stage after completing the Sokhai dance, it will be followed by traditional activities or ceremonies such as traditional wedding ceremonies, thanksgiving and welcoming guests and ends with eating and drinking together. (2) Community understanding of value and meaning. In the community understanding of the sokhai dance in Bouweli Village, it is arried out because of the encouragement of customs or habits arried out by the ancestors which are passed on to the following generations even though their function has shifted. (3) Efforts to preserver the sokhai dance are forming a sokhai dance a extracurrincular activity at school, making recordings, sokhai dance CDs and establishing a dance studio