Praying Through The Saint's Hands: Discursive Tradition of the Wawacan Seh Ritual in Banten

Kurniawan, Ade Fakih Praying Through The Saint's Hands: Discursive Tradition of the Wawacan Seh Ritual in Banten. Paper Diskusi. UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten, UIN Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten.

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This paper deals with cultural negotiation and the process of change in the Wawacan Seh ritual in Banten. The Wawacan Seh (literally meaning: reading the manaqib of the Syeikh) is a ritual activity in which people gather to recite and listen to Syeikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jailani's manaqib (hagiography text). The text is written in an old form of the Banten-Javanese language, in a non-rhyming poetic form called macapat and is sang by a juru maos (reader) using a traditional chanting technique specific for these poems. The Bantenese perform this ritual to ngalap berkah (j/s to seek God's blessing) and to obtain kesakten (j/s supernatural powers). They also mostly perform it in pre-Islamic ways, such as by using various sesajen (j. offerings) and they do it during every life-cycle ritual (or rites of passage). In Banten, this ritual has become the "main ingredient" for almost all of Bantenese's performing arts and local religious traditions such as debus, rudat, beluk, pencak silat, and others. In practise, the ritual often invites reactions from Universalist Muslims who deem the ritual "non-Islamic". The encounter of many traditions and cultures leads to discourse, and subsequently to new negotiation. The changes of this ritual can be analysed from the new modified forms of the ritual such as maca silsilah, Manakiban, and istigosah Kubro. The discourse involves some subjects (such as religious discourse to the expression in relation to the expression of local Islam between Localists -Moderates -Universalists). The changes in the Wawacan Seh ritual not only mark significant changes is an objective form of culture but also in the sense of ontological, social, and power relations inherentin it. These change indicate that there are other, more systemactic and structured changes that surround culture agents, simultaneously at the level of social intercation, power relations, and structures of authority, as well as in terms of these agents "worldview and their religious perspective."

Tipe Item/Data: Monografi (Paper Diskusi)
Kata Kunci (keywords): Local Culture; Ritual; Discursive Tradition; Wawacan; Sufism; Banten
Subjek: 100 Filsafat & Psikologi > 107 Pendidikan, penelitian & topik terkait
Divisi: Fakultas Ushuluddin dan Adab > Filsafat Agama
User Penyetor: Ainun Najah
Tanggal Disetorkan: 17 Apr 2023 04:29
Perubahan Terakhir: 17 Apr 2023 04:29
URI: http://repository.uinbanten.ac.id/id/eprint/12196

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