Religious Values in Dewa Ayu's Dance in the Adat Village ofSeraya Karangasem District

Abstract

The Hindu community in Bali, in their customs
and traditions, uses dance as a form of offering
and gratitude to Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa .
Seraya Traditional Village, Karangasem District,
Karangasem Regency has a sacred dance called
the Dewa Ayu Dance . The uniqueness of this
dance is that the dancers are unconscious/ trance
called trance . The formulation of the problem in
this research is; (1) How is the procession of the
Dewa Ayu dance in the Seraya Traditional Village,
Karangasem District, Karangasem Regency, (2)
What religious values are contained in the Dewa
Ayu dance in the Seraya Traditional Village,
Karangasem District, Karangasem Regency?, The
purpose of this study is to analyze procession and
religious values of the Dewa Ayu dance . Data
analysis used descriptive methods with induction
techniques and argumentation techniques, which
are empirical in nature, the symptoms are natural
and are re-evaluated theoretically to produce
conclusions. The procession of the Dewa Ayu
Dance performance begins with a prayer followed
by mesapa, mendet, ngelegong and narat, and
nyiratang tirta. The religious values contained in
the Dewa Ayu dance include elements of religious
emotion, belief systems, religious adherents,
ceremonial equipment, and ceremonial system
processes. Dewa Ayu dance is a guardian dance
that must be preserved by increasing its existence.