Character Education Values in the Basic Movement of Tuping Dance

Abstract

Tuping dance is a dance originating from South Lampung which depicts army troops. This dance is usually performed during traditional celebrations in the South Lampung area, especially in Kuripan village, Penengah sub-district, South Lampung district. Tuping dance consists of 14 types of movements consisting of negakh, lelagoan, tikol, silat awal, cangget, tolak tebing, silat tikol, silat khalut, tepuk agas, lelagoan lapah, silat mundukh, ngelap bawah, buka topeng, dan mulang. This movement was adopted from the daily activities of the Tuping dancer troops who mingled with the community and also acted as scouts, so that the movement was dominated by Silat Lampung and was also inserted with funny movements. Tuping dance is a cultural product of the past that is continuously maintained and preserved by the local community. The preservation of this culture can be carried out through the cultivation of character education values contained therein. So that dancers can not only dance but can learn about good character. This study aims to identify the value of character education contained in the basic movements Tuping South Lampung dance. The methodology used is qualitative where data is obtained through observation, documentation, interviews, and literature study. The validity of the data used were source triangulation and informant reviews. From the results of the analysis, the researcher obtained 2 values of character education in the Tuping Lampung Selatan dance, namely: (1) the communicative value can be seen from the movements of Lelagoan and Lelagoan Lapah, and (2) the value of social care is found in the Cangget movement.