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Face Painting as Gender Performativity in Didik Nini Thowok’s Lathi Challenge on Indonesian Social Media Langen Bronto Sutrisno; I Gusti Made Budiarta; I Wayan Sudiarta
Journal of Local Culture Study Vol. 4 No. 01: June, 2026
Publisher : Research And Social Study Institute

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Cross-gender performance in Indonesia has been examined largely as stage practice, and face painting largely as a technical adjunct to costume and choreography; neither body of work accounts for what happens when the painted face becomes the principal carrier of meaning in a piece made for circulation on a social media platform. This article examines the visual form, the symbolic meaning, and the self-expression articulated through face painting in the Lathi Challenge uploaded to the YouTube channel of Didik Nini Thowok, the dancer recorded by the Indonesian World Record Museum as the first cross-gender dance artist in the country. The study is qualitative and situated within cultural studies, drawing together the aesthetic theory of The Liang Gie, sign categories as applied to performance by Sahid, Butler’s account of performativity, and McNeal’s theory of drag performance. The corpus comprises the four painted faces that structure the video, analysed alongside non-participant observation of the artist’s digital activity between October 2024 and October 2025 and semi-structured interviews with makeup artists, dancers, and practitioners of Javanese character makeup; the material was triangulated by source and by technique and analysed through the interactive model of Miles and Huberman. The analysis finds that the four faces move from a complete Javanese feminine face towards a bilaterally symmetrical death’s head; that the decisive face is the second, on which the two registers are held at once and divided horizontally across the middle; and that red migrates from the cheek and the lip to the gum line, turning cosmetic colour into exposed tissue. Face painting thus operates as a medium through which gendered identity is negotiated for a scrolling audience.
Co-Authors ., Cadex Agus Arya Gunawan ., Drs. Hardiman, M.Si. ., Fitri Yanti ., Gde Deny Gita Pramana ., I Kadek Budiana ., I Komang Trisnayana ., I Putu Nana Partha Wijaya ., Indah Dwi Martasari ., Indrianti Amilda Pratami ., Kusyoman Widiat Permana ., Made Wijana ., Mirza Prastyo ., MONICA AYU RAYINDRA ., Muhammad Rafiki ., Ni Luh Gede Dewi Suputri ., Nuril Firdausia ., Yayon Praditia Agatha ., Yoga Suta Wirya Made ., Zahrawani Abdullah . Agus Sudarmawan Cadex Agus Arya Gunawan . Dayung Sunggi Drs. Hardiman, M.Si. . Drs. I Gusti Ngurah Sura Ardana,M.Sn. . Drs. I Gusti Nyoman Widnyana . Drs.Hardiman, M.Si. . Drs.Jajang S,M.Sn . Fitri Yanti . Gde Deny Gita Pramana . Gede Eka Harsana Koriawan Gusti Made Karismanata . I Dewa Putu Mahesatya Kencana I Gede Ari Prasta I Gede Hendra Putrawan . I Kadek Budiana . I Kadek Gita Rismawan I Kadek Pawistana . I Ketut Sudita I Ketut Supir I Komang Trisnayana . I Made Arya Suwiatmika . I Made Arya Suwiatmika ., I Made Arya Suwiatmika I Made Darsuma Jaya . I Nyoman Rediasa I Nyoman Sila I Putu Ari Wirawan . I Putu Nana Partha Wijaya . I Putu Yoga Satyadhi Mahardika I Wayan Sudiarta I Wayan Sudiarta Ida Bagus Made Pandit Parastu . Indah Dwi Martasari . Indrianti Amilda Pratami . Kencana, I Dewa Putu Mahesatya Ketut Nala Hari Wardana Kusyoman Widiat Permana . Langen Bronto Sutrisno Langen Bronto Sutrisno Luh Suartini . M. Bagus Dharmasasmita . M. Bagus Dharmasasmita ., M. Bagus Dharmasasmita M.Si. ., Drs.Hardiman, M.Si. Made Wijana Mirza Prastyo . MONICA AYU RAYINDRA . Muhammad Ainur Rofiq Muhammad Rafiki . Ni Luh Ekmi Jayanti . Ni Luh Ekmi Jayanti ., Ni Luh Ekmi Jayanti Ni Luh Gede Dewi Suputri . Ni Nyoman Sri Witari Nuril Firdausia . Putra, I Putu Susila Adnyana Putu Warta Riadi . Rediasa, I Nyoman Reza Septaria Saputra, Apriadi Resky Septaria, Reza Viana, Ariyanti Okta Yayon Praditia Agatha . Yoga Suta Wirya Made . Zahrawani .