Textual Analysis of Sinongkelan Performance in Clean Ritual of Prambon Village Tugu District Trenggalek

This research will discuss about the contextual and co-textual aspects which contained in the Sinongkelan performnce of mutual cooperation for cleaning Prambon Village, Tugu District, Trenggalek. Sinongkelan is a dance performance that was held in a customary ritual of Prambon Village, Tugu District, Trenggalek. Sinongkelan is held every year in Selo month (Javanese calendar). Sinongkelan was exhibited by 12 village elders with three figures in it, namely Kanjeng Sinongkel, Patel Jeksa Negara and Gandhek or the show leader and some other village elders play the role as village people. The performance of Sinongkelan is performed by sitting cross-legged and stand on a certain range of motion, accompanied by sanepa or dialogue using parable words with Javanese. Sinongkelan equipped with offerings, properties and clothing that contain its own meaning. Sinongkelan develops in a society that gets influence from the surrounding environment and its supporting community both in terms of co-textual and contextual.