Kontinuitas dan Perubahan Penyajian Kesenian Sikambang, pada Masyarakat Kota Sibolga

Abstract

This study is entitled “Continuity and Changes in the Presentation of Sikambang Art, in the Community of Sibolga City”. In this study, qualitative methods are used as a reference in conducting research. This research took place on Jalan Sisinga Mangaraja XII, Sibolga City. The purpose of this study is to determine the continuity and changes that occurred in the period before independence, after independence and the New Order era until 2024. In this study, researchers apply the theory of cultural change according to Herskovitz, cultural change can be seen from two points of view, namely how it happened in the past and the present. Based on the first point of view, they always use it in the term diffusion which is defined as the transmission of culture in the process. The results achieved in this study are the dynamics of change in a period of 3 periods where in the stage before independence Sikambang art was still very simple, only played with Sikambang drums, then in the period after independence Sikambang art progressed with the addition of several instruments in its presentation. Then in the new order phase, Sikambang art began to erode with the entry of new cultures which caused a lack of interest from the new generation in maintaining Sikambang art. This can be seen from the loss of several songs in Sikambang art.