Tahap Pengetahuan dan Minat Remaja Terhadap Seni Barzanji dan Marhaban: Kajian di Kalangan Pelajar SMKA Negeri Johor

This study is conducted to determine the knowledge and keenness of the teenagers towards these arts. this study looks not only at the aspects of relationship between the keenness and knowledge, but between knowledge and involvement. the respondents of the study are 328 form four students from all sekolah menengah kebangsaan agama (smka) in johor, which consist of smka maahad muar, smka segamat, smka johor jaya dan smka bandar penawar. the data collected through questionnaire were analyzed using statistical package for social sciences windows version 20.0 (spss). the finding shows that the knowledge level of the teenagers towards barzanji and marhaban is high with the min of 3.93. their keenness level is average with the min of 3.43. similar result is shown on the suitability level of both arts as a medium of dakwah with high min of 4.41. there is a strong positive relationship between keenness and knowledge and strong positive relationship between knowledge and involvement. the correlation test indicates the value of (r) 0.870 for the relationship between keenness and knowledge and (r) 0.679 for the relationship between knowledge and involvement. since this practice has been neglected in the society, few suggestions have been proposed to ensure it continues to flourish.