The Social and Cultural Context Underlying The Creation of The Song Lyrics Tarek Rawai By Mak Dara (A Study on Symbolic Interactionism)

Abstract

Tarek Rawai's song lyrics as an artistic product are certainly inseparable from the surrounding social and cultural context. Mak Dara as the creator cannot be separated from this situation, therefore theresearcher formulated the problem of this research is how the social and cultural context underlies Mak Dara in the creation of Tarek Rawai's song lyrics. The method used in this research is a qualitative research method using Herbert Blumer's symbolic interactionism approach. The purpose of this research is to reveal the social and cultural context that underlies the process of creating Tarek Rawai's song by using simultaneous combined data collection techniques, namely acom bination of data in the form of interview results and the original Tarek Rawai song lyrics that Mak Dara wrote during the interview process. The data obtained were then analyze using the premises of meaning, interaction and interpretation of Herbert Blumer. The result is that the lyricsof the song Tarek Rawai as an artistic product, cannot be separated from the two social and cultural contexts around it, firstly the livelihood system of the Riau Islands people in ancient times was fishermen who used longlines as fishing tools. Secondly Mak Dara's involvement in both social and cultural contexts around her, such as how she inherited the knowledge of fishing using longlines as fishing tools and how she was involved in the rapid development of the art of Joget Dangkung at that time.Social and Cultural Context, Lyrics of Tarek Rawai's Song, Mak Dara