Spiritual Intelligence in Jaranan Turangga Yaksa Dance Art in Dongko Village, Trenggalek Regency

The emergence of Jaranan Turangga Yaksa is inspired with customary ceremony called Baritan ceremony, held once a year after harvest, as the manifestation of gratitude to Almighty God. The problems of research were how the origin of story is and what spiritual intelligence is contained in Jaranan Turangga Yaksa dance art. This study was a qualitative research because the data was in writing rather than figure (number) form pertaining to spiritual intelligence in Jaranan Turangga Yaksa dance art in Dongko Village, Dongko Sub District, Trenggalek Regency. This research discussed the origin of story and the spiritual intelligence in Jaranan Turangga Yaksa dance art. Jaranan Turangga Yaksa art was created to recall Baritan (bubar ngarit tanduran customary ceremony) has been extinct. It is because story and movement of dance were consistent with Baritan rite, starting from the farmers leaving the farm, doing some activities, through expressing their gratitude to Almighty God. All of these were expressed in Jaranan Turangga Yaksa dance. Spiritual intelligence (spiritual quotient) contained in jaranan Turangga Yaksa dance was the manifestation of people’s gratitude to Almighty God and to Dhadhung Awuk for giving fertility to the plant and abundant cattle products.