ABSTRACT
Indonesia is a country with quite a lot of cultural wealth, from languages, daily habits, performing arts, and much more. One of the traditional performing arts in Indonesia is ludruk. This paper attempts to explain the history and the existence of the Ludruk Rukun Famili, in the small community in Madura. On the island of Madura, especially Sumenep, it turns out that there is a ludruk performance art like in Java, it’s just that the performance model is a little different like most ludruk in Java. One of the well-known ludruk groups in Sumenep is the Rukun Family. This research uses qualitative descriptive approach and observation. Through this research, we found that in maintaining its existence in the world of folk performances, the Ludruk Rukun Famili carries out a lot of reforms. As science advances, people’s tastes will change; this is the biggest factor that becomes a threat and a demand for the Ludruk Rukun Famili to keep innovating following the progress of the times.
