The Influence of Arabic Culture on Betawi Arrominia Gambus, Indonesia

This article aims to explain the mixed culture that occurs in Betawi Arrominia Gambus with the Arabic culture. Betawi Arrominia Gambus is a gambus music group from Betawi, Indonesia. Whereas Betawi gambus itself is a Betawi culture that results from a culture mixture. So it needs to be proven that this Betawi gambus gets influence from Arabic. In this study the writer used a qualitative research method with gathering data through library studies and field studies. Literature study in question is that the writer takes sources of data from written sources such as books, articles, journals, theses, newspapers. Whereas in the field study, the writer conducted interviews with one resource person and made observations by observing the appearance of Betawi Arrominia Gambus. The theory used in this article is combination or synthesis theory and acculturation theory. After conducting research it was found that in Betawi Gambus music there were several aspects which were influences from Arabic, such as in oud musical instruments, costumes and dance movements, documentary photos, and song lyrics.