TULAK BALA RITUAL PADA MANUSKRIP PALINTANGAN SEBUAH PERSPEKTIF SEMIOTIK

Ridha Herdiani, Dody S Truna, R. Roro Sri Rejeki Waluyajati

Abstract


This study examines the structure and significance of the Tulak Bala ritual in the Palintangan manuscript using Barthes' semiotic analysis knife. By integrating philological studies and two-stage significance analysis into qualitative methods, this manuscript is positioned as a documentation of collective wisdom in the form of non-verbal folklore. The findings of the study reveal the existence of a dual significance mechanism, namely denotatively, text functions as a technical guide regarding physical procedures and ritual materials, while connotatively, text plays a role as a cosmological mitigation strategy in dealing with social unrest. Through the process of naturalization of Barthesian myths, the material and functional aspects of this ritual were institutionalized into a syncretic form of theological belief. As a folkloric instrument, this manuscript becomes a symbolic bridge that connects the dimensions of humanity, the universe, and transcendental entities, as well as a crisis management system that transforms material reality into a functional spiritual myth.

 

Penelitian ini mengkaji struktur serta signifikasi ritual Tulak Bala dalam naskah Palintangan dengan menggunakan pisau analisis semiotika Barthes. Dengan mengintegrasikan studi filologi dan analisis signifikasi dua tahap terhadap metode kualitatif, naskah ini diposisikan sebagai dokumentasi kearifan kolektif dalam bentuk folklor bukan-lisan. Temuan penelitian mengungkap adanya mekanisme signifikasi ganda yaitu secara denotatif, teks berfungsi sebagai panduan teknis mengenai prosedur fisik dan materi ritual, sedangkan secara konotatif, teks berperan sebagai strategi mitigasi kosmologis dalam menghadapi keresahan sosial. Melalui proses naturalisasi mitos Barthesian, aspek material dan fungsional dalam ritual ini dilembagakan menjadi bentuk keyakinan teologis yang sinkretis. Sebagai instrumen folklor, naskah ini menjadi jembatan simbolis yang menghubungkan dimensi kemanusiaan, alam semesta, dan entitas transendental, sekaligus menjadi sistem manajemen krisis yang mengubah realitas material menjadi mitos spiritual yang fungsional.


Keywords


Mitigasi Kosmologis; Naskah Palintangan; Semiotika

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/e.v25i2.100324

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