Sodoran as a Means of Intromission Education for Tenggerese Younger Generation

The various Tengger traditional arts, especially Sodoran dance, contain positive values about life. It is said so due to its performance that symbolically tells about the life cycle, portraying from where the life comes from-how to live the life-and where life is going to end. This dance is potential to be used as a means of intromission education. Therefore, this study aims to comprehensively describe Sodoran to sharpen understanding and strengthen knowledge for the Tenggerese young generation toward Karo ceremony and Sodoran dance. For this reason, this research is designed as qualitative research with the ethnography method to takes precisely Tenggerese view of life as the object of the study. The data collected for this research are in the form of folklore performances and collected by interview, observation, and group discussion. The data analysis process is done by codifying data (open coding), breaking down, checking, examining, comparing, conceptualizing, categorizing, axial coding, and display code. The result is a complete description of (i) various ritual facilities and properties loaded with philosophical values; (ii) meaning of dance movements as pictures of life journey or sangkan paran; and (iii) its relevance as a means of intromission education for Tenggerese young generation through what is known as titiluri.