SASAK MUSLIMS AND INTERRELIGIOUS HARMONY: Ethnographic Study of the Perang Topat Festival in Lombok - Indonesia
Ample local traditions serve as the catalysts that help build social integration within multicultural society. The social inclusion is developed when people from diverse ethnic and religious groups are deliberate to engage. The <em>perang topat</em> festival is a local tradition in Lombo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Arabic |
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State Islamic University (UIN) of Sunan Ampel Surabaya
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Indonesian Islam |
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| Online Access: | http://jiis.uinsby.ac.id/index.php/JIIs/article/view/203 |
| Summary: | Ample local traditions serve as the catalysts that help build social integration within multicultural society. The social inclusion is developed when people from diverse ethnic and religious groups are deliberate to engage. The <em>perang topat</em> festival is a local tradition in Lombok, Indonesia, which includes two communities from different ethnicities and religions: Balinese-Hindus and Sasak-Muslims. The festival has been celebrated for years and has contributed significantly to maintaining harmony between various ethno-religious groups. This article is an ethnographic research report of the <em>perang topat</em> festival. The tradition has existed as a symbol of civic engagement between Muslims and Hindus. Nevertheless, Muslim puritans have recently criticized and banned Muslims’ participation in the <em>perang topat</em> festival. The Muslim puritans believe that integrating religious rituals with traditions is a <em>bid’ah</em> (heresy). On the other hand, Muslim proponents of <em>perang topat </em>justify it through the construction of symbolic meanings of the festival site, utensils, and rituals in accordance with Islamic concepts. |
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| ISSN: | 1978-6301 2355-6994 |