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Original paper

Revisiting the Javanese Muslim Slametan: Islam, Local Tradition, Honor and Symbolic Communication

Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 329 - 358
Published: Dec 24, 2019
Abstract
Slametan, referring to a broad communal prayer, feast, and food-offering to commemorate or celebrate critical live cycles, such as birth, marriage, and death, constitutes an essential ritual for Javanese Muslims. Despite growing Islamization, in which this ritual is often renamed as tahlilan, elements of local beliefs in it remain. This study aims to re-examine the Javanese Muslim death ritual tradition and offers a new interpretation. It...
Paper Details
Title
Revisiting the Javanese Muslim Slametan: Islam, Local Tradition, Honor and Symbolic Communication
Published Date
Dec 24, 2019
Volume
57
Issue
2
Pages
329 - 358
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