The Mamaca Text with a Pandawa Story for Rokat Pandhaba

Abstract

: Rokat Pandhaba is a purification ceremony to prevent someone from danger which is still carried out by some Madurese people. In the ceremony, Pandawa stories are always presented. There are two kinds of presentation of the story, depends on the economic ability of the person who will conduct ceremony. If the family is wealthy, the Pandawa story is presented in the form of a puppet mask show. While for the poor family, the Pandawa story is presented in the form of Mamaca narating. Both of the performances have the same story. This research focused on presenting Pandawa stories in the form of Mamaca. The research data was collected through observations on the Rokat Pandhaba ceremony in Pamekasan and Mamaca text analysis. Based on the research, it can be concluded that the Pandawa story is used as a certifier that a Madurese will be out of danger if the family performs the mask dance.