Rabu, 30 Desember 2015
Dayak tribe or urakng are natives who largely inhabit remote areas of Borneo. Settlement
covers the entire territory of the island of Borneo, the West
Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, and South Kalimantan. Besides,
they inhabit the North Borneo is now the territory of the Federation of
Malaysia and the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. Sub Dayak tribe inhabiting the area are Dayak Murut who inhabit the
East Malaysia, Sabah and the northern part of Borneo Timur.1.
Dayak name is the name of the other residents who are not religious Islam.2. The name is sometimes used to distinguish between tribes living in remote areas with ethnic Malays who inhabit coastal areas. Besides, there are also Dayaks who are Muslims, but they are still
called Malay, Dayak name so often used to distinguish the native tribes
who still embraced the original (Kaharingan), Protestant and Catholic,
with people who embraced Islam.
Dayak included in the Austronesian ethnic group who migrated to Southeast Asia between 2500 BC-1500 BC. The migration started from several regions around Yunnan, the South China region, the river Yang Tse Kiang, Mekhong and Menan. They headed for Indonesia through West Malaysia and then spread to
Sumatra, Java, Bali and Kalimantan in part to that included in the
Mongoloid race or have a match with the characteristics tersebut.3 race.
Dayak
migration takes place within a period of long and divided into
Proto-Malay (Melayu old) and Deutro-Melayu (Malay youth) to show their
displacement wave. The first wave took place around 300 BC or Neolithic era. The second wave after cultured metal later known as Dayak.4 tribe.
Dayak community has a variety of custom order of life or run. Everything related to customs are ideal manifestation of a culture that is upheld in everyday life. It is a culture system in which there is a system of norms and legal systems that guide life in society. They
consider their cultural systems have a high value, valuable,
meaningful, it is important to be lived and carried out in life. Dayak
communities also have the concept of God, the wisdom to manage forests
in a traditional manner, and the arts as a result of the infusion of
religious aesthetic sense. All that is regarded as a precious heritage that must be preserved and passed back to the next generation.
Art is an important part of a ceremony. He
not only has a role in life, but contains the values of the religious
communities in accordance with the customs and beliefs held Dayak
community. Pentingkesenian
meaning not just limited to the fulfillment of aesthetic satisfaction
(entertainment) and a depiction of a culture, but it is believed to have
functions, symbols and cultural values in accordance with its
position as a forum for creativity and intellectual community. This is because art includes the understanding of the process of integrating the elements tradisional.5. It
means that the elements of tradition in the Dayak community life
depicted in their art and are considered to contain a particular symbol
as a reflection of life they lead. It is the disclosure of the value of aesthetic and emotional expression in accordance with the scope of culture.
Art
in the Dayak community is one element of the culture that was born of
the intellect and interpreted together by the community owner. He is a product of a culture that is born of social cohesion which is collective. He
is also a container based on the creativity of the community with the
aesthetic values in which there is a system of shared meaning. This is because the Dayak community art is the result of social processes and not the individual. It
means that even though the music created by one person, but in its
development he experienced a change in behavior as a result of a
collective society to the music, it automatically experiencing a
collective meaning, in accordance with the nature of the supporting
community. The
closeness of art with Kanayatn Dayak community life can be said to
affect one to interpret something that is felt and believed, or as a
container appreciative associated with life. He is a symbol disclosure, value and function, so that these three
elements can sustain the arts and give special meaning to people's
lives.
Art in the Dayak community is deemed closely related to the context of cultural activity dilaksanakan.6. It
is the realization of a concept of behavior and mindset of the people
in accordance with the prevailing customs and traditions, so that
everything contained in it is transpormasi value of community life
owner.