- Author: G.R. Lono Lastoro Simatupang
- From: Performing Arts and Visual Arts Studies, Graduate School, UGM
Abstract:
Now ears of Indonesians are familiar with the sound of Dandut Koplo. Many kinds of television programs almost every night plays dangdut contest shows. Not only that, many kinds of dangdut koplo songs are more varied to be created. A certain condition is different from the emerge of Dangdut Koplo in television in early 2000s. Instead of running well, dangdut koplo has been having pressure from a number of parties, starting from Rhoma Irama – the king of dangdut – to Indonesia Broadcasting Committee in West Java that forbid some songs aired on the radio because of the negative element (see http://x.detik.com/detail/intermeso/2016 0530/Digemari-Dulu-Dicekal- Kemudian-/index.php) and many other violations. Departing from this, we can realize that negative stigma is very strongly embedded by the society on dangdut koplo. The performance between Rhoma Irama Dangdut and Dangdut Koplo makes the existence of significance that is quite big. Meaning that the difference between the two dangduts is very distant, it leaves subjective evaluation that sometimes is disadvantageous for one party. The effect of the negative stigma is embedded not only socially, but also musically. In this matter, the musical of dangdut koplo is also given the negative stigma not in the musicality frame or logic, but social and morality logic. Furthermore, it can be related to auditive experience of the society. It cannot be denied that the significance of dangdut and dangdut koplo makes the listeners ? both pros and cons ? able to classify the difference between dangdut and dangdut koplo auditively, where dangdut can be enjoyed more, with the lyrics, music, to the performance rather than dangdut koplo performance. The assumption is not denied that its development is quite massive in the mind of the society recently. Dangdut koplo with its various characteristics receives negative stigma from many layers of society, starting from religious experts, common people, to the king of dangdut Rhoma Irama. Dangdut is considered to have moralistic lyrics, swinging music, to well-mannered performance. Rhoma Irama even differs esthetic dance and erotic dance, erotic dance is associated with dangdut koplo.
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