@article{Resdianto Permata Raharjo_Haris Supratno_Setya Yuwana Sudikan_2020, title={SOCIOCULTURAL SYMBOL IN TENGGER MASK PUPPET SHOW}, volume={17}, url={https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/564}, abstractNote={<p>Tengger community has traditional art, namely Tengger mask puppet show, which has a<br>distinctive characteristic. Before the performance is started, the puppeteer calls Bethara<br>Kala’s spirit to posses the users of Bethara Kala mask body, here is Mr. Sutama’s body. The<br>purpose of this study is to identify and to describe some socio-cultural symbols in Tengger<br>mask puppet show by using qualitative method. The data sources of this research are Tengger<br>mask puppet show in Wonokerso Village, Sumber District, proboling go Regency. The<br>researcher collects the data by observation, interview, recording and taking notes techniques.<br>Then, the data are analyzed objectively by using hermeneutic analysis techniques.<br>Tengger mask puppet show contains many sociocultural symbols reflecting socio-cultural<br>aspects of Tengger people; forests; mountains; wild animals; fertile agricultural crops;<br>animism believed by Tengger people, such as their ancestors’ spirits, and gods; and<br>dynamism such as haunted places inhabited by holy figures; such as Peak of B-29 are<br>considered to be the hermitage of Bathara Kala, Mount Kapur as Semar’s hermitage, Mount<br>Bromo as Prince Kusuma’s hermitage, and Mount Semeru as Lembu Mahameru’s hermitage.</p>}, number={4}, journal={PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology}, author={Resdianto Permata Raharjo and Haris Supratno and Setya Yuwana Sudikan}, year={2020}, month={Nov.}, pages={1158-1171} }