Cultural Mapping of Nusantara Dances: The Development of Multiculture-based Cultural Political Policy Strategies

Abstract

: This is the study of mapping the dance culture of Nusantara based on the categorization of the style of culture that is based on the mental map-- that the new awareness about the way tothink based on the geographies of that particular culture. The mental map will act as a foundation for understanding the complexcity of the culture in Indonesia. Difference in the mental map, not only gifve birth to the difference in ethnicity and geography but also gave divergent new point of view at different matters; to show the active value system that is different from one group to another; an also to accentuate the presrnse of social, economical, and political behavior that is different from one another. Based on that, then every pattern assembles a certain transformation inside the society of the mental map itself, and the pattern from the outcome will give an aspect of cultural identity that will connect to the human mind of the society that supports it.