Inheriting the Values of Mask Puppet Dance-Drama in Malang, Indonesia

摘要

Mask Puppet in Malang is a mask puppet show that describes some characters in Panji story from Java Island. Just a few of youth generations understand, this case threats the existence. This work aimed to study the inheritance of the values of Mask Puppet Dance-Drama in Malang, Indonesia. This research was based on the Semiotics theory that is the basic concept analyzed and interpreted by understanding the signs syntactically and semantically. This study used qualitative research method. The results of data analysis showed that the inheritance of the values of Mask Puppet Dance-Drama can be viewed from the characters in the story namely Raden Gunungsari, Dewi Sekartaji, and Prabu Klana Sewandana. Syntactically (visually), the three characters have a different form of mask and dance. The inheritance of the values of Mask Puppet Dance-Drama characters can syntactically and semantically raise the aesthetical and moral awareness to the traditional culture.