Tarawangsa Padepokan Pusaka Lembur: Upaya Pengembangan Dalam Mempertahankan Seni Tarawangsa di Cangkuang Kabupaten Bandung

Abstract

Tarawangsa is a type of art that lives in an agrarian cultural
ecosystem. Its existence cannot be separated from the lifestyle of
the Sundanese people known as the people of the fields. One form
of cultural expression between agrarian society and art, for
example, can be found in the seren taun ceremony, ngalaksa.
These ceremonies in particular have values related to the
expression of people's gratitude for the produce of the earth, the
harvest that nature has given to people's lives. In the
Rancakalong Sumedang community, for example, some of these
processes can still be found, especially in the ngalaksa ceremony
procession. Apart from ceremonial activities related to an
agrarian lifestyle, Tarawangsa also attends activities such as; the
celebration of the birth of a baby and the ritual of treating the sick.
This is because the agrarian lifestyle in some places tends to
disappear, Tarawangsa is difficult to find in the context of
agrarian rituals. One of these conditions can be found in
Tarawangsa Cangkuang in Bandung Regency where its existence
has further reduced the decline in the agrarian contextual
function. Tarawangsa Cangkuang is not found in the ngalaksa
ceremony, because in the people of Bandung Regency, it can
hardly be found in the ngalaksa ceremony. Tarawangsa
Cangkuang to a certain extent can only be found at the time of
entertainment, and thanksgiving ceremonies for the birth of a
baby. For this reason, development efforts are needed to maintain
the existence of Tarawangsa Cangkuang. This paper is a record of
participatory observation in recording the existence of
Tarawangsa Cangkuang, as well as being involved in efforts to
develop the show