Azan Pitu: The Pacification of Plagues rituals during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to the whole world, including Indonesia. People have made various efforts to overcome this outbreak. One of them is through local wisdom, such as in Cirebon-Indonesia. Cirebon people carry out the Azan Pitu ritual to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic that has spread in...
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to the whole world, including Indonesia. People have made various efforts to overcome this outbreak. One of them is through local wisdom, such as in Cirebon-Indonesia. Cirebon people carry out the Azan Pitu ritual to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic that has spread in Cirebon. This study aims to explore the local knowledge system or local wisdom regarding Azan Pitu in overcoming the COVID-19 outbreak. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with observation and in-depth interviews for collecting data. In the analysis process, this study uses Victor Turner’s ritual theory and Bronislaw Malinowski’s functional analysis theory. The study’s results found that people first performed the Azan Pitu ritual to overcome the outbreak of menjangan wulung during the Sunan Gunung Djati era. However, Cirebon people maintain it as a tradition to prevent disease outbreaks, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Azan Pitu ritual to ward off COVID-19 has changed form and function, but it does not diminish its essential meaning: the community’s efforts to expel COVID-19.
Contribution: This study contributes to broadening insights into ritual studies, especially those related to epidemics and disasters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b451a8d717994dcea6deb176587a5f182023-05-03T11:27:35ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies0259-94222072-80502023-04-01792e1e810.4102/hts.v79i2.84325683Azan Pitu: The Pacification of Plagues rituals during the COVID-19 pandemicHusnul Qodim0Wawan Hernawan1Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Ushuluddin, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, BandungDepartment of Religious Studies, Faculty of Ushuluddin, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, BandungThe COVID-19 pandemic has spread to the whole world, including Indonesia. People have made various efforts to overcome this outbreak. One of them is through local wisdom, such as in Cirebon-Indonesia. Cirebon people carry out the Azan Pitu ritual to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic that has spread in Cirebon. This study aims to explore the local knowledge system or local wisdom regarding Azan Pitu in overcoming the COVID-19 outbreak. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with observation and in-depth interviews for collecting data. In the analysis process, this study uses Victor Turner’s ritual theory and Bronislaw Malinowski’s functional analysis theory. The study’s results found that people first performed the Azan Pitu ritual to overcome the outbreak of menjangan wulung during the Sunan Gunung Djati era. However, Cirebon people maintain it as a tradition to prevent disease outbreaks, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Azan Pitu ritual to ward off COVID-19 has changed form and function, but it does not diminish its essential meaning: the community’s efforts to expel COVID-19. Contribution: This study contributes to broadening insights into ritual studies, especially those related to epidemics and disasters.https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/8432azan pitucovid-19ritualsa ritual of afflictionlocal wisdom. |
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| title | Azan Pitu: The Pacification of Plagues rituals during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Azan Pitu: The Pacification of Plagues rituals during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| title_short | Azan Pitu: The Pacification of Plagues rituals during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | azan pitu the pacification of plagues rituals during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | azan pitu covid-19 rituals a ritual of affliction local wisdom. |
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