Dinamika Pertunjukan Lukah Gilo Di Kabupaten Tebo

Abstract

Lukah Gilo dance from Tebo Regency, Jambi,  originated as a ritual to honour ancestral spirits before planting and harvest seasons. Over time, as socio-cultural dynamics shifted, the dance transformed from a sacred ritual into a secular form of artistic expression performed at public and communal events. This study describes the transformation of Lukah Gilo’s function and meaning in response to social change. The research adopts a qualitative approach using contemporary ethnography by Hammersley & Atkinson, combined with historical methods through the stages of heuristics, verification, interpretation, and historiography. The findings reveal three developmental phases: a ritual-based pre-independence era, an innovation phase in the early 2000s with two stylistic variations (Semabu Village and the Tebo Regency arts team), and an ongoing preservation phase. These changes are shaped by government support, artistic reinterpretation, community participation, and environmental factors. The study underscores how traditional performances can adapt to modern contexts while maintaining cultural identity.Lukah Gilo dance performance in this research is a form of past culture that contains magical elements, and has experienced development until now, from being a ritual to ancestors in the human life cycle to becoming a secular art in Tebo Regency. The aim of this research is to describe and analyze the dynamics of dance performances as an impact of societal development. The method used is qualitative through Spradley\u27s ethnographic approach and historical by analyzing literature data and the results of field observations. The historical method goes through heuristic stages, internal and external criticism, interpretation and historiographic. The research results that there are two versions of the Lukah Gilo dance performance in Tebo Regency, whose development is very dependent on support from the government, artists and supporting communities as well as geographical location and natural conditions. Keyword: Dance Performance, Lukah Gilo, Social Dynamic