DIMENSI ESTETIS LAGU RAKYAT BOKAK KRAENG TONGKA SEBAGAI WADAH PENGUNGKAP DUSTA DALAM PERKAWINAN ADAT MASYARAKAT MANGGARAI

Abstract

This study explores the esthecic dimension of the Bokak Kraeng Tongka (BKT) folksong as a means of telling lies in the traditional marriage of Manggarai society in view of cultural linguistics. The study is descriptive in nature as it describes the esthetic dimension of the BKT folksong as a means of telling lies in in the traditional marriage of Manggarai society on the basis of data found when the field research was conducted in the region of Manggarai. The results of study show that the linguistic phenomena used in the text of the BKT folksong are unique and specific marked by esthetic dimension in the forms of assonances appearing in the forms of symmetric and asymmetric structures. The forms of symmetric structures are marked by the use of pairing of similar vocal phonemes, a – a, in the pairing of words, that is the word pala ‘working for money’ and the word malang ‘piece’, the word amang ‘father in law’ and the word baba ‘Chinese descent’, and the word lanta ‘distant’ and  racap ‘rib’. The forms of assymmetric structures are marked by the use of pairing of different vocal phonemes, namely (1) o – a, in the pairing of words, the word bokak ‘neck’ and the word tongka ‘spokeperson’and (2) i – a, in the pairing of words, the word inang ‘mother in law’ and the word Cina ‘Chinese’