TARI CALENGSAI DI KABUPATEN BANYUMAS REPRESENTASI SIMBOL STATUS ETNIS JAWA DAN ETNIS TIONGHOA

The goal of this research is to discover the form of the Calengsai dance by looking at the process through which the work was created. The artistic treatment or interpretation of the Calengsai dance uses Rahayu Panggah’s theory of Garap (interpretation), beginning with the material for interpretation and continuing through to the different considerations for interpretation. In order to reinforce the description about the representation of status symbols present in the Calengsai dance, Marvin Olsen’s concepts of Behavioural Interaction and Symbolic Interaction are used. The method used in writing this thesis is a qualitative method with an ethnochoreological approach which uses an analytical descriptive form of discussion, presenting the data obtained about the creative ideas that emerge from the Calengsai dance through Calung, Lengger, and Barongsai. The process of artistic interpretation in the Calengsai dance and the representation of status symbols present in the Calengsai dance can be seen from the analysis of the form of the Calengsai dance. The results of the research show that the role of the Calengsai dance in the Banyumas region is a status symbol for the ethnic Javanese and ethnic Chinese communities through Behavioural Interaction and Symbolic Interaction that are analyzed by looking at the form of the Calengsai dance. Keywords: Calengsai, Status Symbol, Danc