Laesan Traditional Arts: The Relationship of Natural Life with Human Behavior (Case Study in Lasem District, Rembang Regency)

Abstract

Abstract. This study proposes to reveal the relationship between natural life and human behavior reflected in laesan. It used a qualitative descriptive approach with an ethnographic study of communication. The result achieved is that in Laesan art, humans and nature are both creatures created by God, so the relationship between the two is called a horizontal relationship. In addition to making good use of what is available in nature, humans are also required to preserve nature. Such a relationship is illustrated and expressed in the stages of the Laesan game and the use of natural materials as one of the components of the instrument in the Laesan performing arts. Laesan is a performing art in the form of a dance accompanied by beats and songs typical of Laesan. The songs sung in laesan contain good advice for humans, one of which is to regulate human life with nature. The musical instruments (tetabuhan) used are traditional musical instruments in the form of jun and roof which represent Javanese cultural values. This is a form of local wisdom that marks a good relationship between humans and nature.