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TARIAN BUBU MENARI
Pertubuhan Kesenian Tradisional Dabus Tanjung Bidara, Perak
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Introduction and history
Tarian Bubu, also known as Lukah Menari, is an extraordinary folk dances of Perak. It is known so since the dancers hold a bubu or lukah when dancing. A bubu is a tool to catch fish in the Malaysian and Vietnam rivers.
The origin of this dance is shrouded in myth. For one, an extraordinary story, as such a favourite, tells about three young men who lost their way in the forest while catching fish (with a bubu) in the river. They rested under a tree and heard a girl singing on a nearby tree. So, they approached the girl and asked how to get out of the forest. The mysterious girl kindly helped them find their way back home
So, in appreciation of her, they made a bubu with the girl's clothes to remember their mystifying but sweet encounter. They took a coconut shell to make ‘her’ head and face. Then, holding the bubu, they sang the song sung by the girl. In awe at what they saw and appreciating the girls’ kindness, the villagers imitated the three men’s play-acting that it eventually became a heritage dance.
At present, the original tarian bubu is still performed but with a slight variation to suit the current community’s interest, outlook and preference.
Tarian Bubu is a heritage performance arts for the general public to enjoy.
Tarian bubu dancers’ dancewear, mimicking the olden days villagers’ daily wear, are trousers (male), batik sarong (female), round neck shirts; and tying the heads with a piece of long cloth as headgear.
ITEMS REQUIRED TO DANCE
In the olden days, Bubu Menari involved mystic or witchcraft skills. Spells are important elements in the dance.
Hence, to dance, one needs incense, turmeric rice, bertih (dry-fried rice) and air tepung tawar, a bubu, ten small tambourines and a pair of gongs. The bubu, made of bamboo and rattan, three feet long, is shaped into a heart. The circular lever on its mouth is two feet, while the head is one foot. It is made to ‘wear’ a woman's clothes, mimicking the mysterious jungle girl. At the top of the bubu is a coconut shell, the head, painted a woman's face.
Bubu menari is performed by sitting and rocking the bubu left and right with increasing speed. Music, led by the lead dancer, will be played along.
Fatimah binti Seteh is the lead dancer of tarian bubu menari. She performs in Perak, thus becoming the driving force of the dance. She is also an instructor and reference of the arts of bubu menari in Perak.
Reference Source
i. Bahan Bacaan
a) Mizan et al. (2021) Masyarakat Bengkulu Di Malaysia.
Jurnal Sejarah Lisan Malaysia. Diambil daripada
https://jslim.uitm.edu.my/pdf/517.pdf
Isi
Kandungan: Tarian Bubu juga merupakan antara tarian yang terkenal dalam
masyarakat Bengkulu tarian ini juga biasanya dipersembahkan pada majlis
perkahwinan dan majlis-majlis yang tertentu bagi memeriahkan lagi majlis
tersebut. Bubu adalah sejenis peralatan yang digunakan oleh orang kampung atau
orang zaman dahulu untuk menangkap ikan di sungai. Selain menangkap ikan
masyarakat ini menggunakan bubu sebagai alatan dalam tarian mereka. Tarian ini
dipersembahkan dengan cara, mereka duduk sambil menggoyangkan bubu tersebut ke
kiri dan kanan semakin lama semakin laju pergerakkan bubu tersebut.
b) Azam, Zaharul & Shuradi. (2013) Muzik Tradisi Tari
Rakyat Perak : Suatu Pendekatan Etnomuzikologi. Malaysian Music Journal.
Diambil Daripada
https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/MJM/article/view/647/424
Isi
Kandungan : Tarian Bubu juga dikenali sebagai Lukah Menari oleh sesetengah
orang di Kampong Tanjong Bidara, Teluk Intan, Perak. Nama Bubu ini diperoleh
dari penggunaan Bubu atau Lukah dalam persembahan ini. Bubu atau lukah
merupakan peralatan menangkap ikan
yang digunakan oleh
masyarakat Melayu pada
zaman dulu.
c) Raihana Abdullah (24 Dec 1987). Perak perkenal Tarian
Bubu sebagai seni budaya Melayu. Diambil daripada petikan akhbar
http://perakgateway.utp.edu.my/repo/346/1/1951_40.pdf
Isi
Kandungan : Tarian Bubu berasal daripada seorang nelayan bersama
rakan-rakannya. Mereka ini perlu menyediakan sebuah bubu yang dihiasi dengan
pakaian perempuan dan kepala bubu yang hendak digunakan dalam persembahan
mestilah dibuat daripada kayu pulai dan sanggulnya pula daripada bulu kabung
bagi menyerupai seorang perempuan.
ii. Tokoh (jika ada temu bual tokoh)
Fatimah
binti Seteh
Location
State JKKN Contact Information
Encik Yufazli Yusof
Cultural Officer
Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara Perak
Kompleks JKKN Perak,
Lot 20561@20565 Jalan Caldwell,
Off Jalan Raja Di Hilir,
30350 Ipoh,
PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN
05-253 7001 / 05-254 1027
