scholarly journals Buffalo Head Cutting in the Procession of Ngunduh Swallow’s Nest

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Hardini ◽  
Hadjar Pamadhi

Ngunduh is a tradition followed by the communities in Karangbolong, Kebumen. There are several kinds of Ngunduh, and one of them is Ngunduh sarang burung walet (swallow’s nest). One of the processions includes cutting the buffalo’s head, since the communities believe that buffalo can be a strength for them, and that cutting its head can transfer the buffalo’s power to them as well as reinforce the community to face the problems in conducting Ngunduh sarang burung walet (swallow’s nest). The meat is also considered helpful in preventing disasters or dreadful things (known as Tolak Bala). The carameat (buffalo meat) is edible and cooked before consumption. Keywords: buffalo head, Ngunduh swallow’s nest, Roland Barthes’ Semiotic Theory

Author(s):  
Defa Ristianto ◽  
Amalia Rosyadi Putri ◽  
Tenika Illananingtyas

Nussa animation is an animation which is categorized as a medium for preaching. Because the messages conveyed were thick with Islamic teachings. However, not all viewers can understand what messages are contained in the animation. Due to this reason, the study aims to determine the messages of moral da'wah that can be seen directly or indirectly with Ronald Barthes' semiotic theory. The method used in this research is qualitative analysis, with data in the form of documents. Data collection using observation and documentation. The theory that is used as the basis is Roland Barthes' semiotic theory which focuses on denotative and connotative meanings. The results of the study are the denotative meaning of dakwah morals, (1) Have an attitude of help. (2) Always say thank you for a help. (3) Always have a sincere nature when helping. (4) Doing rejection well. (5) Providing opportunities for children to do good (6) giving love to children. (7) always say "Astafirullah" when hit / hear a disaster and say "Alhamdulillah as a form of gratitude. Meanwhile, the meaning of the message of moral teaching is connotative, (1) It shows that Islam is a soft religion, rahmatan lil alamin, helpful and tolerant (2) Want to break the paradigm under the religion of Islam having followers who are very rigid and do not want to interact with other people. (3) Providing education to children to do good deeds with anyone regardless of status and religion.


2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-140
Author(s):  
Edith Szanto

In her book, Ingvild Flaskerud once and for all dispels the idea that Islamlacks and opposes all forms of visual art. Hers is a pioneering work, whichguides her readers through Twelver Shi‘i visual culture in Iran. She framesher discussion by drawing on semiotic theory, particularly Charles SandersPeirce and Roland Barthes, in order to show both the interpretive possibilitiesinherent in visual piety and the ways in which meaning is fixed.Flaskerud is uniquely positioned for writing about visual piety, as she hasalready produced an artistic visual film (“Standard Bearers of Hussein:Women Commemorating Karbala,” 2003) on Shi‘i women’s practices inIran. Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shi‘ism is a Geertzian “thick description”(Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures) composed of three parts,each of which is followed by black-and-white pictures analyzed in thatpart. The first two parts address two iconographic themes respectively. Thethird discusses the usage of pious art in votive practices and ritual spaces ...


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Wildan Wahyudinata ◽  
Irsyad Maulana Al Faruq

<p>This research aims to reveal the visual meanings behind Cak Cuk product designs. Cak Cuk is a brand of clothing and accessories from Surabaya City. Its products such as T-shirts or bags typically display various designs with Surabaya-related themes. This research used the qualitative research method by gathering and analyzing the designs displayed on various Cak Cuk products. The data, which consisted of various visual texts<br />and verbal texts, were analyzed using concepts from Roland Barthes’ semiotic theory: denotation, connotation, and myth. The results show that both visual texts and verbal texts contained in those Cak Cuk designs represent the condition and identity of Surabaya City. These visual meanings include Surabaya’s historical association with heroism,<br />preservation of cultural objects such as historical buildings, the tough characteristic of the Surabayans and their great sense of brotherhood, and appreciation to Surabaya’s culinary traditions.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Abdul Aziz ◽  
John Felix ◽  
Candy Reggi Sonia

<p><em>The Jaran Kepang Temanggung is a part of cultural products and was developed on the island of Java. The researcher seeks to raise the traditional art of Jaran Kepang Temanggung as research material presenting the topic of the problems related to the visual preservation of the Jaran Kepang Temanggung. It is an effort to preserve Jaran Kepang Temanggung's traditional arts through visual media, especially photography. The researcher will document the art through photographic means. The purpose of this study is how to make a photographic work as an effort to preserve Jaran Kepang's cultural art with journalistic documentation in the form of photographic essays. The research model used in this study is to use visual methodology, since the elements used in this study are visual photography. And it will be analyzed with the semiotic theory of Roland Barthes, where the power of photography is the power of the visual language that will speak. The results of this study are that photography is able to be a good means of documentation by presenting meaningful images.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords: </em></strong><em>Preservation, jaran kepang, essay photography</em></p>


Litera ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 171-180
Author(s):  
Yui Chzhan

The Russian scholars often associate semiotics with such names as Ferdinand De Saussure, Charles Morris, Roland Barthes, who wrote a wide variety of works and significantly contributed to the formation of semiotics. Therefore, the Russian science has sound understanding of semiotics in Europe. In Asian regions, namely in China, semiotics is also one of the most popular trends. This article gives special attention to the formation and development of semiotics in the modern Chinese academic environment for the purpose of revealing and clarifying the key periods of study of semiotic theory, trends and directions of semiotic research, as well as the main works written by the Chinese authors from the perspective of semiotics. The author's special contribution into this research consists in introduction to the Russian linguistic paradigm of the process of formation of semiotics as an independent scientific direction within the Chinese academic environment. Description is provided to the three key periods of development and advancement of semiotic theories in China. The main trends and directions of research in the modern academic environment are explored. The article features the works of the prominent Chinese linguists &ndash; Yaping Huang and Hua Meng, who implemented &nbsp;the semiotic ideas into the study of ideographic writing. The article also examines the work of the renowned Chinese scholar Qian Guanlian, who studied the pragmalinguistic aspects from the perspective of semiotics, which allowed comprising a semiotic base of the communication theory and pragmatics, and thus made a significant contribution to further research of these trends.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Fadly Fauzan

Song Lyrics is a person's expression about something that has been seen, heard or experienced. In expressing their experiences, the poet or composer of the song makes words and language games to create attraction and distinctiveness to the lyrics or poetry. This study aims to see the connotation, denotation, and mythology meaning contained in the object of research, namely the song ‘Film Favorit' from Sheila On 7. In this study the main theory used is the Roland Barthes semiotic theory. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with a descriptive interpretive approach. The results showed that the lyrics of the song under study contained connotation and denotation meaning in it. Likewise with the myth. This song carries the common myth of love. The myth that contains the value of love illustrates that love must be fought for and makes a commitment to make love secured. Contains about the main character's outpouring of his partner to his partner and how to express his feelings to those he loves. The author's choice of the word "Favorite Film" because at present, millennials are now very close to film. Songwriters hope that this song is easy to remember and be made into learning in our lives. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Mukaromah Mukaromah

Abstrak Kemasan adalah salah satu penentu keberhasilan dalam penjualan produk terkait dengan informasi pesan yang ingin disampaikan,untuk itu visualisasi dibuat semenarik mungkin agar dapat menyasar segmen yang ingin diraih. Demikian halnya dengan susu kemasan kotak untuk anak-anak yang terpapar di meja elalase di pusat- pusat perbelanjaan. Dalam penelitian ini penulis melihat bagaimana susu kemasan kotak merek Indomilk Kids dan Boneeto rasa coklat dan rasa stroberi yang dikonstruksikan sedemikian rupa sehingga rasa coklat mewakili susu untuk anak laki-laki dan rasa stroberi untuk anak perempuan. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui bagaimana konstruksi identitas perempuan dan laki-laki divisualisasikan pada kemasan produk susu rasa coklat dan stroberi melalui penggunaan tanda pada aspek visualnya. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah semiotika menurut Roland Barthes dengan melihat pada aspek penggunaan warna dan ilustrasi gambar kemasan dengan menggunakan analisa teori konstruksi sosial. Hasil dari analisa ini adalah kemasan susu rasa coklat dengan visualisasi  warna dan ilustrasi gambarnya mewakili identitas anak laki-laki sementara kemasan rasa stroberi, visualisasi warna, ilustrasi gambar mewakili konstruksi anak perempuan yang feminin dan lembut.  Kata kunci: kemasan, susu, semiotika, identitas  AbstractPackaging is one of the determinants of success in the sales. The package contains an informational message that is delivered to the consumer, then the visualization of packaging made as attractive as possible in order to target the segment to be achieved. Likewise with the packaging of milk for children exposed in elalase shopping centers. In this study the authors look at how the packaging of brand Indomilk Kids and Boneeto taste of chocolate and strawberry flavors are constructed, that the chocolate-flavored milk represents for boys and  strawberry flavor for girls. The purpose of this study to find out how the construction of female identity and male visualized on product packaging chocolate and strawberry flavored milk through the use of signs on the visual aspect. The method used in this study is Roland Barthes’s semiotic theory by looking at aspects of color and illustration packaging by using analytical theory of social construction. The results of this analysis is the packaging of milk chocolate flavor  as the identity of the boys  and packaging stroberi flavor  represent the construction of  feminine and soft for the girls. Keywords: packaging, milk, semiotic, identity


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-211
Author(s):  
Joyana Dilam Clement ◽  

This study aims to review the literal meaning of Zahari Affandi’s Manisnya Rambutan Kampung. The focus of this research is the interpretation of the literal meaning presented by the writer through the use of symbols. The objectives of this study are to identify the significance of the literal meaning to the community, to analyze the literal meanings in the text from the symbolic code perspective, as well as to evaluate the extent to which the literal meanings in the text conform to connotative properties from this perspective. This research was carried out using a simple qualitative method. The data collected was each illustration of events that employed signs or symbols. Therefore, the research was performed using the Semiotic Theory of Roland Barthes, which focuses on the use of symbols. The present research uses this theory to explore the meanings of signs in a more detailed way in all instances that contain elements of signifiers and signifieds in the literary work. This is due to the fact that the symbols used by the writer in the work have both a literal and implied meaning. Based on the research, we conclude that Zahari Affandi inserted several symbols with their own meaning in his work to convey certain messages.


Author(s):  
Aditya Waskito Jati ◽  
Ely Triasih Rahayu ◽  
Hartati Hartati

This research titled “Denotative, connotative and Myth meaning on tanka in Garden of Words novel by Makoto Shinkai (Roland Barthes Semiotic Approach)”. This research aims to interpret denotative, connotative and myth meaning of tanka through semiotic theory by Roland Barthes. The data used in this research are presented in form of tanka and tanka’s paraphrase that found in this novel. Descriptive Qualitative method is preferred as the main method to analyze meanings of the tanka. Technique of data collection in this research is through literature study.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fahrisur Rijal

ABSTRACT Nowadays there are lots of educational cinema films that can be used as alternatives as learning media. This is in line with the development of the film industry in Indonesia which is developing rapidly through the film with the theme of the heroism of the kiai. He appreciates that the struggle for Indonesian independence, but here is also present from the ulama 'groups which are focused through diplomacy channels spearheaded by NU scholars and students led by KH Hasyim Asy'ari. This research was conducted to analyze how the Nationalism messages of students and scholars presented in the film by using the semiotic theory of Roland Barthes and qualitative descriptive methods. The researcher can conclude that the message of nationalism in the film of the kiai always gives the messages of nationalism in various ways in every film scene that is served. In this film through the character KH. Hasyim Asy'ari emphasized the audience to always uphold the aqeedah, fight for nationalism, dare to take risks, contribute to the nation and the state as well as inspire others with the deeds done. ABSTRAK Saat ini banyak tanyangan film-film bioskop edukatif yang dapat digunakan sebagai alternatif sebagai media pembelajaran. Hal ini sejalan dengan perkembangan dunia perfilman di Indonesia yang berkembang pesat melalui Film yang bertemakan kepahlawanan Sang Kiai ini mengapresiasikan bahwa perjungan kemerdekaan Indonesia, tetapi disini juga hadir dari kalangan ulama’ yang difokuskan melalui jalur diplomasi yang dipelopori oleh para ulama NU dan santri-santri yang di pimpin oleh KH Hasyim Asy’ari. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisa bagaimana pesan Nasionalisme dari santri dan kiai yang tersaji dalam film dengan menggunakan teori semiotik Roland Barthes dan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Peneliti dapat menyimpulkan bahwa pesan nasionalisme dalam film sang kiai selalu memberikan pesan-pesan nasionalisme dengan bermacam cara dalam setiap adegan film yang di suguhkan. Dalam film ini melalui karakter KH. Hasyim Asy’ari menekankan kepada penonton untuk selalu memegang teguh aqidah, memperjuangkan nasionalisme, berani mengambil resiko, berkontribusi untuk bangsa dan negara juga menginspirasi orang lain dengan perbuatan yang dilakukan.


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