Description:
Abstract:The dynamics of Aruh Ritual Dance is a form of performance ritual dance that has a ritual meaning to The God in it performance. Aruh ceremony known as planting/harvest ceremony that conducted by DayakMeratusLoksado tribe which located in Mountain Meratus, South Kalimantan. This ceremony has the meaning and dynamics in it dance motion, ritual music, and literature on the ceremonial performances. The illustration for the motion pattern of this ritual dance can be seen through the description of this ritual dance motion and choreography which shown in the dance composition and also in the dance analysis and character. For the music that accompanies the ritual dance in the ceremony, it can be seen through the chord notation and the tempo translation from tetabuhan that start ranging from the beginning to the end of the Aruh ceremony. A strong tradition of nature spirituality integrated with the nuances of ritual dance in harvest feasts has cultural strength that manifested in integrative steps of cosmic behavior, starting from the initial interaction, principal interactions, and ending on the safety of the environment, nature, and ecosystems in nature. Literary performances with the unique characteristics become the style of ecological literary. The literary keeps ecological knowledge that can be used as a reference of ecological behavior, i.e. wise behavior to the environment and the whole nature.
Keywords:Ritual Dance, Ritual Music, Aruh Ceremony, Literary Performance