Authors:
Arnailis
1
;
Yurnalis
2
and
Misda Elina
1
Affiliations:
1
Indonesia Art Institute of Padangpanjang, Karawitan Department, Bahder Johan Street, Padangpanjang, Indonesia, Indonesia
;
2
Indonesia Art Institute of Padangpanjang, Karawitan Department, Bahder Johan Street, Padangpanjang, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
KIM, Marriage Ceremony, and Entertainment
Abstract:
This research aims at describing the metamorphosis of KIM game in the context of a wedding ceremony in Solok city, Sumatera Barat province. Previously, KIM was a music performance turned into the arena of gambling. However, nowadays, KIM performance has become the means of entertainment in the context of a wedding ceremony. This research used analysis descriptive method by listing KIM performances textually and contextually and metamorphose theory to explain that there’s the change of the original form into a new form namely the change of form of KIM game with the gambling element into a performing art in wedding ceremony. Research results showed that the change of KIM game occurred because of the influence of people’s view toward the context of gambling and music in KIM performance. Therefore, today, KIM performance is no longer a gambling arena but it has changed into the means of entertainment performed in the wedding ceremony of Solok people.