Estetika Bahasa Pranatacara dalam Upacara Pernikahan Pengantin Adat Jawa di Kabupaten Kediri

Abstract

Culture is one part of human life. Each region has characteristics that also distinguish one region from another. One form of culture that exists in society is ceremony, one of which is a wedding ceremony. One of the groups of people who still carry out wedding ceremonies is the Javanese community. Many elements are needed in the procession of Javanese traditional wedding ceremonies. One of these elements is the pranatacara. A pranatacara must be skilled and understand well the art of speaking. This study aims to determine the form of beauty or aesthetics of language used by a pranatacara in a Javanese traditional wedding ceremony. This type of research is qualitative research with a stylistic aesthetic approach. The main instrument in this research is the researcher himself. The research data comes from the researcher's personal documentation. The findings were then analysed and tested for validity before being presented. The result of the research is a description of the analysis of paribasan, bebasan, saloka, kereta basa, sandi asma, cangkriman, pepindhan, purwakanthi, wangsalan, parikan, geguritan, and sanepa from the depiction (panyandra) spoken by the pranatacara in the Javanese traditional wedding ceremony.