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Dewa Ruci : Jurnal Pengkajian dan Penciptaan Seni
ISSN : 14124181     EISSN : 2685287X     DOI : 10.33153
Core Subject : Education, Art,
International Journal of Visual and Performing Arts draws its contributions from academics and practitioner-researchers at the interface of new visual and performing arts. It acts as a forum for critical scholarship, innovative practice, and creative pedagogy, addressing themes that may be domain-specific (e.g. theatre, dance, music, live art, visual arts) or situated at the convergence of two or more disciplines. The journal invites original, significant, and rigorous inquiry into all subjects within or across disciplines related to visual and performing arts. It encourages debate and cross-disciplinary exchange across a broad range of approaches. The spectrum of topics includes Ethnomusicology, Karawitanology, Music Education, Dance Theatre, Movie and Television, Interior Design, Industrial Design, Media Arts, Fine Arts, Photography. These topics are addressed in full-length academic articles, critical statements on current issues, developmental practice, and reviews of books and live/media-based visual and performing arts. The journal presents an innovative platform for researchers, students, practitioners and educators to both learn from and contribute to the field. All articles are subject to initial Editor screening and then a rigorous double-blind peer-review process before publication.
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Panji beyond Java: narrative transformation in the Andi-Andi oral art of South Kalimantan Sulisno Sulisno; Sunarto Sunarto; Suwardi Endraswara; Widodo Widodo
Dewa Ruci: Jurnal Pengkajian dan Penciptaan Seni Vol. 21 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Pascasarjana Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta

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Abstract

The Panji stories have spread widely from East Java to various parts of Southeast Asia, but their transformation in indigenous oral traditions outside the royal cultural centers remains understudied. This article examines the transformation of Panji narrative elements in the oral art of Andi-andi in the Dayak people of the Meratus Mountains and the Dayak Bakumpai around the Barito River. Using a qualitative approach through ethnographic documentation, narrative transcription, and comparative literary analysis of Andi-andi stories featuring characters such as Bungsu Kaling, Angkau Melayu, and Galuh Mendam Jinaman, this study integrates theoretical perspectives of cultural diffusion, narrative mobility, and performativity. The findings identify three main transformation processes: cosmological relocation from the Javanese royal sphere to the sacred landscape of the Meratus Mountains and the Barito River valley; character indigenization through the replacement of Panji and Candrakirana with local ancestral figures; and performative ritualization, where the narrative is embedded in local ritual practices and spiritual systems. Rather than preserving the Panji story textually, the Andi-andi tradition rearticulates its narrative ethos of wandering, separation, and reunion within local cosmologies and collective memory, illustrating how classical narratives are continually reinterpreted through the storytelling traditions of indigenous peoples in South Kalimantan.