THE ACCULTURATION OF KABA IN RANDAI UDA DAN DARA 2022 PEMBUDAYAAN MIGRASI KABA DALAM TEATER RANDAI UDA DAN DARA 2022

Randai is one of the traditional Minangkabau cultures originated from West Sumatra, Indonesia. Characterised by drama, kaba, dance, song and silat. Thus, Randai refers to Minangkabau custom and cultural heritage. Therefore, kaba can be found in the form of stories, songs, rituals, mythologies, and folklores of these communities. Even with the increasing population of the Minangkabau Diaspora, especially in Negeri Sembilan since the early 19th century, randai remains as Minangkabau heritage culture. Hence has adapted some of Malay stories, songs, rituals, mythologies, and folklore of Negeri Sembilan community that has similarities with the story in West Sumatra. The novelty of this paper is to explore the acculturation of kaba in Randai performance, defined as Minangkabau culture, which researchers have not widely studied. The study of acculturation in Minangkabau Kaba has never been published. It is a qualitative approach via content analysis. Rest on the notion of kaba which is defined as a story. The research draws on the concept of acculturation of the story of Uda dan Dara by Usman Awang in Randai Uda dan Dara 2022 performance. The result highlights Uda dan Dara as kaba to a certain extent can be seen as a manifestation of a creative adaptation through the concept of acculturation. Thus, functions as a new set of meaning to Randai. Keywords: Randai; Kaba; Acculturation; Uda dan Dara; Randai Uda dan Dara 2022