The Communication Pattern of Wahyu Turonggo Aji Reog Dance in Merti Dusun Kemawi Sumowono as a means of Preserving Environment

Merti Dusun is a ritual ceremony carried out by the villagers as thanksgiving social act. This expressed through series of events covering cleaning village, offering agricultural products, and performing Reog . Wahyu Turonggo Aji (we will call it The WTA ) one Kemawi village’s cultural art performances that symbolizes cultural, spiritual values also performs magical power performer. performance kind traditional drama consisting dancing, singing, dialogue. valuable symbols are represented lyrics song patterns That reason necessary to study. study aims reveal describe communication in with an ethnographic approach. researcher uses qualitative descriptive paradigm method. Data were collected using observation interview techniques analyzed Spradley’s theory relations meaning, Dell Hymes’s components communicative events. results show Kemawi. There two patterns, non-verbal verbal communication. Verbal can be seen form scriptures, Kidung Kolosebo’s lyrics, spells for summoning returning spirit. Moreover, dance movements, offerings, clothing, make-up. trance event means between spirit ancestral spirits village borrowing body dancer give advice, sign protecting from beginning until now. Prayers chanting holy verses represent community creatures who believe God respecting expressing gratitude God. It representing respectful attitude nature. All acts have indirect intention preserve nature because society believes His has given them well-being.