TARI TABUT SEBAGAI MANIFESTASI BUDAYA MASYARAKAT KOTA BENGKULU

This research aims at discussing Tabut dance as the cultural manifestation of Bengkulu people. Tabut dance is a creation dance sourced from Tabut ritual, namely a ritual sourced from Syiah Islam, but it has grown and developed into the typical culture of Bengkulu people. Various rituals in Tabut were symbolically arranged into a new dance namely Tabut dance. This Tabut dance is perfomed every year in Tabut celebration and several other big events whether it’s inside the Bengkulu city or outside the city. This research is a qualitative research with descriptive and analytical natures. Result achieved in this research is that Tabut dance is the cultural manifestation of Bengkulu people based on the rituals existing on Tabut ritual that is than actualized into a creation dance.