SEMIOTIC OF INDIGENOUS FASHION AT ANGGRUK YALI TRIBE IN YAHUKIMO PAPUA

Abstract

Yali Anggruk tribe is one of the many ethnic groups in Papua, Indonesia. Every cloth has meaning and the meaning in the sign is called semiotics. The purpose of this article is to recognize the semiotic meaning of the form and size in the Yali Anggruk tribe. The researcher took the data from the elders who have grown up and the stakeholders in Yali Anggruk tribe. This research was done by using qualitative research. In collecting the data, the researcher did the observation, interview, dan documentation. While in the analyzing the data, the researcher did the data condensation, data display, dan verifying. However, the result shows that there are some traditional fashions used only by men such as pork fang (wam aek), rattan (sabeab), water gourd (humi), spear (sehen), arrow and arch (sehen, sehen anggen), traditional bag (sum), braclate (sehene), and some are also used by women such as bracelet (sehene), traditional hat (meyom oruk), traditional bag (sum). On the other side, the women traditional fashions are necklace (enedemangge), traditional skirt (kembalek), bracelet (sehene) and traditional bag (sum).