Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)

Analyzing the Shifting Facial Expression of Ondel-ondel as the Cultural Icon of Betawi Community

Authors
Dhika Quarta Rosita, Martha Tisna Putri Ginanjar, Dendi Pratama
Corresponding Author
Dhika Quarta Rosita
Available Online 31 December 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201230.016How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Ondel-ondel, Facial expression, Iconography, Cultural icon, Betawi
Abstract

Ondel-ondel is one of the cultural icons of the Betawi community. It was first used to be pictured with a creepy expression because Ondel-ondel was believed to be a protective mascot that repels evil spirits and the plague in its time. However, the face of Ondel-ondel has undergone changes throughout time that lead to the popular visual form of Ondel-ondel nowaday, which later became known as one of Jakarta’s visual identities. This study uses the iconographic method to analyze the design elements on Ondel-Ondel’s face in the pre-iconography stage and compare them to the analysis presented in iconography stage to understand historical dimension of Betawi people and their values which will contributes to the interpretation concluded from these two stages. The result shows that the face of Ondel-ondel undergone changes to avoid traces of mysticism and to shift the role of Ondel-ondel in the community towards entertainment purposes devoid of myths or beliefs, especially after the Betawi community incorporated Islamic teachings into their cultural identity which forbids imitating living things into a man-made object to be deified and revered.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 December 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.201230.016
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201230.016How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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