| Summary: | Bajang Kole is a type of traditional shadow theatre in
Madura, as a national heritage that contains many moral attitude,
ethics and philosophy of its supporters. The growth and
development of Javanese shadow theatre type in the history of
puppetry and also traditional shadow theatre itself is not
accompanied by the growth of Pamekasan's (Madura) bajang kole
traditional art. Traditional art theater existence is not widely
known, so it needs to be documented for its preservation and
development.
This study aims to determine the form, function and
meaning of the Pamekasan's (Madura) Bajang Kole performance.
Based on the quality of its data, this study is a qualitative research
with a multidisciplinary approach that is arranged by several
theories and concepts, including puppetry dramaturgy,
anthropology (the function of art performing), sociology (social
change) and communication (school of semiotics). Its aggregation
data method consists of library research, observation, interviews
and audio visual library. The historical and ethnographic tracking
in this study is conducted to get a comprehensive description
about Bajang Kole at Pamekasan (Madura).
The analysis result in this study indicates that the bbajang kole developments can not be separated with topèng dhâlâng in
Madura. Aesthetic concept of the show Pamekasan's (Madura)
bajang kole is not refers to the tradition of classic puppetry so it is
different from traditional shadow theatre in Java. Bajang kole has
social functions and meanings in the context of community life.
Those functions include ritual functions, personal entertainment
and social communication, presentation and aesthetic activities
(cultural sustainability), education mediums, economic activities.
The meaning can be observed on the aesthetic elements and
determined by its activities context. Complex valued aesthetic
form, function and meaning are not touching the joints of the
social life of society, ideological views, technology progression, and
also the lack of participation of stakeholders, make this art is less
developed.
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