Proses Penciptaan Karya Seni Pertunjukan Wisata Jumpa La Banci dan Kontribusinya bagi Pengembangan Desa Budaya Lingga, Kabupaten Karo

Abstract

Lingga Village in Karo Regency was a leading cultural tourism village in the 1990s, but its performing arts attractions are now limited. This article explains the creative process of a tourism performing arts work developed with Sanggar Nggara Simbelin and examines its direct contribution to developing Lingga as a cultural village. The study is a qualitative case study that uses Soedarsonos framework of tourism performing arts. Data were collected through participant observation, interviews, and audio-visual documentation, and analyzed through data reduction, display, and verification. The creation took place in seven stages, with three decisive creative decisions: composing a storyline that unites separate repertoires, replacing recorded accompaniment with a live gendang sarune ensemble, and having the masks by the partner community. The resulting dance-drama, Jumpa La Banci: The Story of Gurda-Gurdi and Gundala-Gundala, departs from Karo tradition and meets some characteristics of tourism performing arts, although its duration of about one hour and its audience reception remain untested. The contributions that can be shown are an art product, the studios initial management capacity, documentation for promotion, and the involvement of young people. Effects on tourist visits and household income have not been measured and therefore cannot yet be concluded.