Jalur Dance in the Opening Ceremony of Pacu Jalur Festival in Kuantan Singingi Regency of Riau Province, Indonesia

摘要

Kuantan Singingi Regency is one of the regencies in Indonesia which has one of the cultural festivals namely Pacu Jalur. In the opening ceremony of the pacu jalur Festival, there is one dance namely Jalur dance. Jalur dance is part of the Pacu Jalur festival. Formerly this kind of dance was very well known in the community, but at this time the dance was no longer being performed. The last dance was performed at the opening ceremony of the Pacu Jalur Festival in 2005. The purpose of this article was to investigate the choreography of the Jalur dance in the Pacu Jalur Festival. This qualitative research employed descriptive analysis method conducted in the city of Teluk Kuantan, Kuantan Singingi Regency of Riau Province. Pacu Jalur dance in the Festival is a process of making large and long boats to be used in a race where the dance movements consist of three parts, namely the beginning with seeking for woods movements, then the motion of making boat and racing movements.