Interpretative Meaning of Symbolic Color on Costumes and Artifacts Jaran Kepang Temanggung, Indonesia

Suprayitno, Abdul Aziz

2018

Abstract

The traditional art of Jaran Kepang is one of the hallmarks of Indonesian art and culture. Jaran Kepang is a cultural art that is actually supported and interpreted all the process, which is presented in various rituals of salvation related to the life cycle events of the local community, including birth and death. The focus of the main research problem that is interesting to study is about the symbolic meaning of colors in the Jaran Kepang costumes and artifacts. The purpose of this study is to describe how the interpretative meaning of denotative and connotative colors, and how the meaning of the values of the colors if analyzed by Roland Barthes semiotics theory. Basically, these colors have symbolic meanings, which can help to create their own meaning, besides color also has the ability to convey the message connotatively with symbolic values according to local culture. This research uses qualitative interpretative approach. The results of this study indicate that interpretatively found the values of denotative meanings and connotative meanings on costume colors and artifacts Jaran Kepang Temanggung, Indonesia.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Suprayitno. and Aziz A. (2018). Interpretative Meaning of Symbolic Color on Costumes and Artifacts Jaran Kepang Temanggung, Indonesia. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences, Laws, Arts and Humanities - Volume 1: BINUS-JIC, ISBN 978-989-758-515-9, pages 529-533. DOI: 10.5220/0010023300002917

in Bibtex Style

@conference{binus-jic18,
author={Suprayitno and Abdul Aziz},
title={Interpretative Meaning of Symbolic Color on Costumes and Artifacts Jaran Kepang Temanggung, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences, Laws, Arts and Humanities - Volume 1: BINUS-JIC,},
year={2018},
pages={529-533},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010023300002917},
isbn={978-989-758-515-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences, Laws, Arts and Humanities - Volume 1: BINUS-JIC,
TI - Interpretative Meaning of Symbolic Color on Costumes and Artifacts Jaran Kepang Temanggung, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-515-9
AU - Suprayitno.
AU - Aziz A.
PY - 2018
SP - 529
EP - 533
DO - 10.5220/0010023300002917