The Shift Function of Reog Bulkiyo in Kemloko Village of Nglegok Blitar

Reog Bulkiyo is a traditional art from Blitar. It is is a war dance created by the soldiers of Diponegoro around 1825. At that time, Reog Bulkiyo is a media for practicing the war, but over the times, it changed as a ritual, entertainment and performing arts. Thus, the writer conducted this study. The purposes of this study were to determine (1) How to represent Reog Bulkiyo in Kemloko Village, Nglegok, Blitar (2) How does the shift in cultural function of Reog Bulkiyo in Kemloko Nglegok Village since 2000 until 2018 (3) What are the factors that influenced the shifting function of Reog Bulkiyo Moreover, this study used descriptive qualitative method. The reason for using this method was because the researcher tried to trace, understand, explain the sign and relationship between all the researches about Reog Bulkiyo Art Function Shift in the Kemloko Village, Nglegok, Blitar, so the data obtained was an original data. Thus, it is not manipulated by the researcher and also the presence of the researcher did not affect the dynamics of the object under study. Research results obtained are the forms of presentation Reog Bulkiyo Village Kemloko Nglegok District of Blitar, the process of shifting function Reog Bulkiyo Village Kemloko Nglegok District of Blitar and factors affecting Reog Bulkiyo shift function. Forms of presentation Reog Bulkiyo are not changed much from the beginning of its creation in 1825. Reog Bulkiyo a war dance adapted from war movements of the soldiers. The shifting process takes place in the art of socialization and enculturation. Factors affecting Reog Bulkiyo shift function is internal factors, namely from the senimman Reog Bulkiyo and through external factors that come from outside the arts. The conclusion of this study is Reog Bulkiyo experience pergseran function, namely the training of media war and now serves as a ceremonial / ritual