Abstract. Tionghoanese is one of the societies who are really believes in myth and symbol. They believe that myth and symbol will influence their cultural and social life. Symbols that they use can be in form of color, animals, and plants. Each of them has meaning and can also represent and convey the message to the another society. These symbols usually are used in art performance related to the ritualistic activities, such as Wayang Potehi. Wayang Potehi is a one of traditional art of Tionghoanese that can be a means or media to preserve their existence. Hence, it is not suprising if their life, Tionghoanese always relate to the symbol meaning that they believe good for their life. Keywords: myth, symbol, ritual, media, existence

Calung, Lengger, and Barongsai, abbreviated Calengsai, is a new-arising art appearing because of acculturation between communities, namely the Banyumas and Chinese people through adaptation. This adaptation is underpinned upon the teachings of each religion which teaches that every human being must be good to others. The aims of this study is to find the right solution to avoid the conflict and to analyse how culture can become the bonding element between religious communities This research was conducted in different cultural backgrounds and society that may elicit conflicts. There are several problems discussed in this research. First, how conflicts are resolved and how inter-religious relations are strengthened. Second, what the media is used to attach religious communities. To portray such issues, the writers conducted literary study, observation, and interviews. to analyse the data, the writers implemented the theory of cultural adaptation and cross-cultural communication. The result of this research is to provide an understanding that culture can strengthen the relationship between religious communities. To sum up, Calengsai has sociocultural values that arise as a result of cultural shifts in each society that can be used as an adhesive medium for inter-religious relations.

Calengsai is a traditional art collaborating calung, lengger, and barongsai. Calung lengger is a traditional art from Banyumas, while barongsai is from China. This collaboration was driven by both communities' intense interactions. Calung lengger and barongsai have experienced ups and downs through time. Each has been in its glorious moment in a certain period. Calengsai has also begun to experience ups and downs due to the development of science and technology that the entertainments either from home or foreign country are considered more attractive than the existing traditional arts. The existence of communities greatly influences the existence of their traditional arts. The decreasing traditional arts may be caused by their own communities, especially related to the needs of communities whether or not they still want to maintain their traditional arts. Traditional arts may be continuously survived and developed by their own awareness, one of them, by passing them down to the next generations. There are two types of inheriting systems: vertical and horizontal transmission (Berry, 1999) closely related to the cultural and religious values implied in the local wisdom of each region/community.

The Chinese television historical drama has attracted world attention. Langya Bang is a successful television drama serial that is considered a social media phenomenon. This research was conducted to explore the heroic aspects of Mei Changsu based on the concept of heroism according to the Confucian teaching. This qualitative descriptive research used John Fiske’s television semiotics method that consisted of three levels: reality level, representation level and ideology level. The results show that at reality level analysis, looking from clothing, appearance, way of speaking, behavior, body movement, expression and environment codes, we can conclude that the protagonist Mei Changsu was represented as a warrior, a scholar and a prince, and can also be considered as a Junzi or a superhero figure with the concept of wen-wu who internalized the virtues in the Confucian teaching. At the representation level, the technical and conventional codes represent the five Confucian ethics are reflected through camera, lighting, music, and audio aspects and at ideology level we can conclude collectivism ideology and patriarchal leadership. Through a semiotic meaning study and the use of television code, we can understand that the television media Langya Bang is the medium to promote traditional Chinese culture and also indirect way to understand the Confucian teaching, in this case is about Confucian ideal of cultivating individual and responsible leader, who devoted to rules for the benefit of society. The representation of Confucianism in the storyline of Langya Bang is important in legalizing the unity of culture, that is Chinese culture.

Komodifikasi adalah proses terjadinya perubahan barang atau layanan yang sebelumnya mengikuti aturan sosial non-pasar menjadi suatu subjek yang mengikuti aturan pasar. Kesenian tradisional yang semula sebagai subjek pengetahuan, kebijakan, dan kearifan lokal masyarakat pendukungnya, kemudian berubah menjadi objek berupa benda yang harus diperjualbelikan melalui proses produksi budaya. Dari sinilah lahir komodifikasi budaya berupa transaksi jual beli benda budaya berupa kesenian tradisional.  Perkembangan suatu budaya dipengaruhi oleh kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi serta keinginan dari masyarakat itu sendiri untuk berkembang. Budaya merupakan cerminan sebuah masyarakat, salah satunya adalah kesenian tradisional. Sebagai salah satu sarana merepresentasikan identitas masyarakat pendukungnya, harus dilakukan satu upaya agar kesenian tradisional tersebut dapat terus hidup di dalam situasi masyarakat yang sudah mengalami perubahan baik sosial maupun budaya. Perubahan yang terjadi dalam masyarakat bukan hanya dipicu oleh kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi saja, tetapi juga keinginan dari masyarakat itu sendiri untuk menyesuaikan dengan kemajuan zaman yang terjadi.  Salah satu kesenian tradisional yang harus dipertahankan adalah barongsai. Agar mampu bertahan dalam masyarakat yang telah mengalami perubahan, barongsai berkolaborasi dengan kesenian tradisional Banyumas yaitu calung dan lengger. Kolaborasi ini menghasilkan satu kesenian baru yaitu calengsai yang mengalami komodifikasi untuk menjadikan kesenian tradisional bernilai jual. Selain bernilai jual, komodifikasi dalam calengsai juga merupakan upaya mempertahankan kesenian tradisional. Metode yang diterapkan di dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif dengan menggunakan teori Komodifikasi dari Vincent Mosco.Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi non partisipan dan wawancara mendalam. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah seberapa jauh komodifikasi yang terjadi dalam calengsai mempengaruhi perkembangan budaya Tionghoa yang akan ditulis dalam sebuah artikel jurnal. Kata kunci : komodifikasi, calengsai, kolaborasi, representasi, perubahan sosial budaya