CATHARSIS 7 (1) 2018 : 78-86 CATHARSIS http://journal.unnes.ac.id/sju/index.php/catharsis The Art of Nandung in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau: the Study of Performance Form and Value Rofiandri Suardi, Udi Utomo Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia Article Info Abstrac ________________ Article History: Nandung is an spoken literature used as a lullaby, delivered with Recived January 2018 Accepted May 2018 poems and chanted by humming. Nandung contains poems about Published August 2018 religion, advice, character, and education.At present, Nandung ________________ grows as a kind of performing art. This research aims at analyzing Keywords: Nandung, Spoken the form of Nandung as a performing art and its values. The Literature, Form of method used was qualitative. The location of the research was Perfomance, Value ____________________ Rengat, Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province. The technique of data retrieval were observation, interview, and document study. The technique of data validity used triangulation source. The technique of data analysis used descriptive analysis. The results of the research are that the form of Nandung performance begins from the preparation, then goes to the main performance. There are 7 (seven) elements in the form of Nandung spoken literature performance, they are, speaker, music accompaniment, stage, costume, audience, poem, and the language used. The values in the poems are, religious value, character value, and education value. This research can broaden the perspective of the readers about Nandung spoken literature and give information about description and knowledge about Nandung spoken literature which is seen from the aspects of the performance and the values in it. © 2018 Universitas Negeri Semarang Alamat korespondensi: p-ISSN 2252-6900 Jl Kelud Utara III, Semarang 50237 E-mail:
[email protected] e-ISSN 2502-4531 78 Rofiandri Suardi & Udi Utomo / Catharsis 7 (1) 2018 : 78-86 INTRODUCTION of Malay literature in Indonesia, especially Riau province’s malay.