REPRESENTATION OF THE MEANING OF SUMBA CULTURE IN THE FILM MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACT

SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF ROLAND BARTHES

Abstract

Films can revive values ​​that have fallen down, and even educate people about the existence of traditions that are currently being neglected or even not realized. As a reflection of the nation's culture, through films that still raise issues of cultural customs, until a belief is shown in the Representation of Sumba Cultural Meanings in the Film Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts. The method used is a qualitative descriptive approach with the theory of Roland Barthes. The results of this study show that the Film Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts with a cultural background in Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara produces a representation of the meaning of dialect, clothing, mummified death customs, and the setting of the place. The Film Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts can explain about culture that is rarely known by the wider community, this film can help preserve and educate anyone who watches it.