The Spoken Languages Between Jaipongan Performer and Bajidors In Jaipong Traditional Arts Performance In Karawang Regency

Abstract

Jaipong is a traditional dance art forming from a combination of Pencak Silat, Wayang Golek, Banjet mask, Tarling (Guitar and Flute), and Ketuk Tilu. Traditional art Jaipong arises the occurrence of communication events between Jaipong performer with typical Jaipong fans called "Bajidor". Bajidor is a group of people or individual who has a great interest for the   Jaipong performance. In Karawang regency of West Java, the bajidor who live in the middle of society, has a community, or a separate community. Bajidor always participate in every show wherever traditional Jaipong art is performed. The existence of the process of communicative interaction between Jaipong performer and bajidor during the Jaipong art performance has become an interesting point for the researcher to make the spoken language as the object of the research. This study aims to determine the spoken language used during the Jaipong performance. The focus of the research covers the aspects of the spoken language used by the bajidor with the Jaipong dancers, the pesinden (the singer), the nayaga (the musician), and the audience at the Jaipong art performance. The research method used is qualitative method with ethnographic approach of communication. The result of the research shows that the spoken language used by the performers of Jaipong and the bajidors has meaning in accordance with the context of its communication event. The spoken language accompanies the Jaipong performance in order to entertain the society through Jaipong performances, with cheerful, informal and entertaining atmosphere.