REPRESENTASI BUDAYA LOKAL DALAM KEGIATAN DENPASAR FESTIVAL DI KOTA DENPASAR

Abstract

This paper discusses the representation of local culture in
Denpasar Festival. Denpasar Festival is Denpasar’s Government
annual agenda which aimed at reviving the local culture of
Denpasar which more and more faded because it undermined
by globalization. The increasing arrival of tourists and migrants
have been destabilizing the existence of Denpasar local culture.
Denpasar Festival was serving traditional cuisine, dance and
performing arts and traditional textiles. Based on this background, the problem of this study is what were the implications of the representation of local culture in Denpasar Festival?
This study was a qualitative interpretative research. The
data were collected through field observations, interviews and
literature study. The theories used were the representation theory and theory of deconstruction. As a result of this study, it was found that Denpasar Festival has implications for the social, cultural and economic fields.