SUGRA: TOKOH PERINTIS DAN DINAMIKA TARLING INDRAMAYU (1930-1997)

Penelitian tentang Sugra dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengenang tokoh perintis tarling di Indramayu yang selama ini kurang dikenal di kalangan luas. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode sejarah dengan pendekatan sejarah biografi. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara, studi lapangan, dan studi pustaka. Hasil yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa  tokoh tarling di Indramayu  dibedakan menjadi dua: tokoh perintis dan tokoh pengembang. Tokoh perintis adalah Sugra. Ia hanya menekuni kesenian tarling di wilayah Indramayu, walaupun  pernah bermain tarling di Cirebon. Tokoh pengembang adalah  mereka yang mampu mengembangkan kesenian tarling ke Cirebon, walaupun mereka berasal dari Indramayu. Walaupun Sugra hanya bermain tarling di Indramayu, masyarakat Indramayu tetap menganggap Sugra sebagai perintis tarling. Sugra juga mampu mengajak pemuda Kepandean untuk bermain tarling, walaupun peralatannya masih sederhana. Tugu tarling didirikan di tempat Sugra merintis kesenian tarling. Nama Sugra pun diabadikan menjadi nama gedung kesenian Mama Soegra dan rumah seni  Griya Sugra.The study on Sugra was carried out with the aim of perpetuating the existence of the Indramayu tarling music pioneer for the reason of his less well-known. It used the historical methods with a biographical historical approach. The data was collected by means of interviews, field studies, and literature studies. Studies have shown that the leading figures of tarling music in Indramayu involved the pioneer and the settlers. The pioneer was Sugra. He devoted himself to his work as a tarling musician in Indramayu. Furthermore, he also promoted tarling music in Cirebon. Moreover, settlers were generally those originating from Indramayu and were considered as the key musicians in the development of tarling music in Cirebon. Despite Sugra’s stage was limited in Indramayu, the locals still consider him as the pioneer of tarling.  With his simple musical instruments, he visited a group of youths in Kepandean sub-district, playing music, and conducting sing-alongs. A monument forming tarling musical performance was erected in Indramayu to his memory. His name was even continued in that of two art galleries Mama Soegra and Griya Sugra.