The Opportunity Space in Kinanti Sekar Rahina’s Mitoni Dance: A Study of Sacrality Accyology in the Mitoni Ceremony

Abstract

The mitoni dance by Kinanti Sekar Rahina develops from the mitoni procession. The mitoni is a part of the community’s belief in the Javanese traditional and culture. This dance is a self-reflection of the creator as an expression of gratitude and efforts to maintain the balance of the cosmos. This is a qualitative research and will be interpret using Gadamer s philosophical hermeneutic study. The data in this study were obtained from observation techniques, interviews, documentation, and combination (triangulation). The mitoni dance in a mitoni ceremony presents the noble values of human life. Mitoni dance has two possible interpretations of the opportunity space in the community when watching the mitoni procession and dance. First, the audience captures the mitoni dance as a crystallization of the mitoni procession by Kinanti Sekar Rahina. Second, the mitoni dance is part of the gratitude ceremony procession conducted by Kinanti Sekar Rahina. Keywords—mitoni, mitoni dance, opportunity space.