Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengidentifikasi makna yang terdapat dalam tarian gong suku Dayak Kenyah Uma Lung melalui kajian semiotik pierce. Metode penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif. Sumber data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh dari masyarakat Dayak Kenyah Uma Lung di Desa Setulang Kabupaten Malinau. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Teknik observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi, dan catat. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan yaitu dengan mengumpulkan data yang telah dicatat dan yang telah didokumentasikan kemudian mendeskripsikan makna ikon, simbol dan indeks yang terdapat pada gerakan, pakaian, aksesoris, alat musik, properti tarian, warna, benda, dan motif lalu membuat kesimpulan. Masing masing dari data tersebut di kategorikan kedalam ikon yang mempunyai kemiripan dengan objek aslinya sebanyak 35 data, simbol yang merupakan tanda berdasarkan peraturan dan perjanjian sebanyak 16 data, dan indeks yang merupakan terjadinya tanda karena adanya sebab akibat sebanyak 3 data. Data yang terkumpul kemudian dikaji dengan menggunakan teori segitiga makna pierce yaitu sign (tanda), objek (acuan), dan interpretant (interpretasi) untuk mengetahui makna yang terdapat didalamnya. Dari hasil keseluruhan data yang diperoleh yaitu sebanyak 54 data.

Kata kunci : Makna, Semiotika, Tarian Gong, Dayak Kenyah Uma Lung

This study aimed to identify the meaning contained in the gong dance of the Dayak Kenyah Uma Lung tribe through piercing semiotic studies. This research used the qualitative method. The data source was obtained from the Dayak Kenyah Uma Lung community in Setulang, Malinau District. The data collection techniques in this study were observation, interview, documentation, and note-taking. The data analysis technique is used to collect data that has been recorded and documented and then describe the meaning of icons, symbols, and indices contained in movements, clothing, accessories, musical instruments, dance properties, colors, objects, and motifs and then provide a conclusion. Each of these data is categorized into an icon that has a resemblance to the original object of 35 data, a symbol which is a sign based on regulations and agreements of 16 data, and an index which is the occurrence of a sign due to a cause and effect of 3 data. The collected data is then studied using Pierce's triangular theory of meaning, namely sign, object, and interpretant, to find the meaning. From the results of the comprehensive data obtained, there are as many as 54. Keywords: Meaning, Semiotics, Gong Dance, Dayak Kenyah Uma Lung