The Symbolic Meaning Of Education In The Arts Of Begalan In Wedding Events In Banyumas Regency

Abstract

Begalan art is an art activity that is often displayed at weddings, especially in the Banyumas Regency area. In begalan art activities that are displayed at weddings there are usually special rituals and there are also objects used in the begalan art activities. The purpose of this study is to find out more about begalan art, about the meaning of the symbols contained in every object used in begalan performances and the educational values that can be taken from begalan art. This study uses descriptive textual methods in journals and looks directly at the begalan event at the wedding ceremony with data collection techniques using a literature review system with sources relevant to research by reading, listening, taking notes, analyzing and concluding. The results that we were able to obtain in this study were the existence of educational values for the community from begalan art activities, both in terms of rituals and from the objects used in begalan art activities.