THE MEANING BEHIND THROWING CHICKEN IN WEDDING CEREMONY Study of Kudus Kulon AndWetan Society

Our living traditions are an inheritance from our ancestors. One of them is Chicken Throwing ritual in Kudus City. This tradition celebrated when a villager of Kudus Kulon get married with Kudus Wetan society or in contrary. A villager should throw a chicken in Gelis bridge to eliminate the bad effe...

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Main Author: Muhammad Fadhlullah
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Faculty of Ushuluddin and Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang 2015-12-01
Series:Teosofia: Indonesian Journal of Islamic Mysticism
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Online Access:https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/teosofia/article/view/1717
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description Our living traditions are an inheritance from our ancestors. One of them is Chicken Throwing ritual in Kudus City. This tradition celebrated when a villager of Kudus Kulon get married with Kudus Wetan society or in contrary. A villager should throw a chicken in Gelis bridge to eliminate the bad effect from spirits in this bridge. Almost of old people in the past include meaning in every tradition, they give some message not directly but in symbols. So that’s way the author want to describe what the meaning behind chicken throwing in wedding ceremony of Kudus society. This research used a qualitative method trough in depth  interview to gain data. To analysis data, this research used the semiotic of Charles Sander Pierce. In sum, the tradition of Chicken Throwing has many meanings. Firstly, in Hindhu era this tradition was a symbol of offering that give to the spirits in Gelis river. Secondly in followers of Sunan Kudus era this tradition has the different meaning. They move to the purpose of this tradition became shodaqoh given to the vagrants. Thirdly, in this era it is carried out only on the basis of orders from parents or just hereditary
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spelling doaj.art-e51c464ad52b4318a662ea3180e94a812022-12-28T06:41:49ZaraFaculty of Ushuluddin and Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo SemarangTeosofia: Indonesian Journal of Islamic Mysticism2302-80172540-81862015-12-01429710810.21580/tos.v4i2.17171309THE MEANING BEHIND THROWING CHICKEN IN WEDDING CEREMONY Study of Kudus Kulon AndWetan SocietyMuhammad Fadhlullah0Master Program, Sosciology of Religion, UKSW SalatigaOur living traditions are an inheritance from our ancestors. One of them is Chicken Throwing ritual in Kudus City. This tradition celebrated when a villager of Kudus Kulon get married with Kudus Wetan society or in contrary. A villager should throw a chicken in Gelis bridge to eliminate the bad effect from spirits in this bridge. Almost of old people in the past include meaning in every tradition, they give some message not directly but in symbols. So that’s way the author want to describe what the meaning behind chicken throwing in wedding ceremony of Kudus society. This research used a qualitative method trough in depth  interview to gain data. To analysis data, this research used the semiotic of Charles Sander Pierce. In sum, the tradition of Chicken Throwing has many meanings. Firstly, in Hindhu era this tradition was a symbol of offering that give to the spirits in Gelis river. Secondly in followers of Sunan Kudus era this tradition has the different meaning. They move to the purpose of this tradition became shodaqoh given to the vagrants. Thirdly, in this era it is carried out only on the basis of orders from parents or just hereditaryhttps://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/teosofia/article/view/1717chichenkuduswedding’s ritualpeirce’s semiotic
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THE MEANING BEHIND THROWING CHICKEN IN WEDDING CEREMONY Study of Kudus Kulon AndWetan Society
Teosofia: Indonesian Journal of Islamic Mysticism
chichen
kudus
wedding’s ritual
peirce’s semiotic
title THE MEANING BEHIND THROWING CHICKEN IN WEDDING CEREMONY Study of Kudus Kulon AndWetan Society
title_full THE MEANING BEHIND THROWING CHICKEN IN WEDDING CEREMONY Study of Kudus Kulon AndWetan Society
title_fullStr THE MEANING BEHIND THROWING CHICKEN IN WEDDING CEREMONY Study of Kudus Kulon AndWetan Society
title_full_unstemmed THE MEANING BEHIND THROWING CHICKEN IN WEDDING CEREMONY Study of Kudus Kulon AndWetan Society
title_short THE MEANING BEHIND THROWING CHICKEN IN WEDDING CEREMONY Study of Kudus Kulon AndWetan Society
title_sort meaning behind throwing chicken in wedding ceremony study of kudus kulon andwetan society
topic chichen
kudus
wedding’s ritual
peirce’s semiotic
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