The Sounds of Grassroots: Peace Discourse in Nasida Ria's International Relation Themed Songs

Fitria Zahrina Putri, Ario Bimo Utomo, Baskoro Aris Sansoko

2018

Abstract

Nasida Ria is a qasidah group based in Semarang, Indonesia which has been active since 1975. This all-woman group is well-known for playing the qasidah music, a genre popular for its Islamic content and it's the middle-lower class audiences. Besides playing songs about Islam and domestic issues among women, Nasida Ria had actually included international issues within their songs. Take for instance songs like “Damailah Palestina” (Be in Peace, Palestine), “Tahun 2000” (The Year 2000), “Dunia Semakin Panas” (The World is Getting Hotter), and “Dunia dalam Berita” (The World in News). This background has indeed become a unique phenomenon, as qasidah is not common to raise issues about international relations. This article attempts to discuss two questions: (1) how is peace discourse presented in Nasida Ria songs? and (2) how peace discourse in Nasida Ria’s songs is related to other peace discourses? The authors use qualitative method in order to answer those questions. We collect the data through two means: interviewing the Nasida Ria group themselves and doing library research. The collected data are analyzed with Fairclough critical discourse analysis. The authors found that the discourse on peace in Nasida Ria songs above have several characteristics such as building for positive peace through equality and good environment, shared responsibilities in achieving peace, and the importance of spirituality.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Putri F., Utomo A. and Sansoko B. (2018). The Sounds of Grassroots: Peace Discourse in Nasida Ria's International Relation Themed Songs. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 113-118. DOI: 10.5220/0010273900002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Fitria Zahrina Putri and Ario Bimo Utomo and Baskoro Aris Sansoko},
title={The Sounds of Grassroots: Peace Discourse in Nasida Ria's International Relation Themed Songs},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={113-118},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010273900002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - The Sounds of Grassroots: Peace Discourse in Nasida Ria's International Relation Themed Songs
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Putri F.
AU - Utomo A.
AU - Sansoko B.
PY - 2018
SP - 113
EP - 118
DO - 10.5220/0010273900002309