Pantun and Syair in the Text of Lullaby Song of Minangkabau Collective in West Sumatra

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10.2991/assehr.k.211201.018How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Pantun; syair; text; oral tradition; folk songs; lullaby songs; Minangkabau collective

Abstract

The article on the results of this research contains a discussion of the format of the text of the oral tradition of the Minangkabau collective lullaby song in West Sumatra. The collective area of Minangkabau in West Sumatra consists of mainland areas (Luak) and coastal areas (Rantau). This research is a descriptive qualitative research. Format data were obtained through tracing the physical and inner structure of the lullaby song text from these two collective Minangkabau regions. The study of the format, especially the form of pantun and syair, uses the theory of the structure of poetry as used by Riffaterre (1978), Pradopo (1993), Djamaris, et al. (1993), Teeuw (2000), Rusyana (2000), and Hasanuddin WS, et al. (2020). Based on the research findings, the format and content of the oral tradition text of lullaby song in the mainland area and the coastal area of the Minangkabau collective in West Sumatra have two patterns of poetry format, namely free patterned poetry (sonnet: not tied to lines, stanzas, rhymes) and bound patterns (pantun and syair: tied to an lines, stanza, rhyme, rhythm) that are used simultaneously. The combination of these two poetry forms aesthetically serves to present the beauty of language, a sense of comfort, calm, and well-being, as well as to evoke sleepiness for those who listen to it, especially children.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hasanuddin WS
AU  - Emidar
AU  - Zulfadhli
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/03
TI  - Pantun and Syair in the Text of Lullaby Song of Minangkabau Collective in West Sumatra
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, and Education (ICLLE-4 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 112
EP  - 119
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211201.018
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211201.018
ID  - WS2021
ER  -