Maintaining the Tradition: Religion, Local Elites and the Transformation of Agricultural Tradition in Rural East Java (A Case of Kabumi Ceremony in Jatirogo, Tuban, East Java)

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10.2991/icorsia-18.2019.28How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Transformation of Tradition, Rural Communities, Religion, Local Elites

Abstract

Studies show that religion has a strong influence on the local tradition that is considered full of myth. In this case, Kabumi ceremony as a local tradition of East Java rural communities is considered to maintain the sustainability of production in the agricultural sector. But, Kabumi challenged by religious puritanism (Islam) and the presence of modernization in agriculture through intensification, diversification and extensification programs also changed the cropping pattern and indirectly influenced the transformation of kabumi procession. This article discusses the transformation of Kabumi rituals as part of adaptations after the infiltration of Islamic teachings on agricultural communities in rural East Java. This research using the qualitative method and interpretative approach. The infiltration of Islamic teachings directly influenced the transformation of Kabumi. Kabumi's procession adopted Islamic practices and slowly began to abandon the supposedly mystical. It`s supported by the important role of local elites in maintaining the traditions through local policies that provide specific allocations of village income and expenditure budget (APBDes) for kabumi ceremony and concession with religious elites. Although kabumi rituals are more Islamic but still include breeding to danyang as the community's ancestors and are believed to be able to provide a more abundant harvest.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ahmad Arif Widianto
AU  - Mr. Irawan
PY  - 2019/05
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TI  - Maintaining the Tradition: Religion, Local Elites and the Transformation of Agricultural Tradition in Rural East Java (A Case of Kabumi Ceremony in Jatirogo, Tuban, East Java)
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Studies in Asia (ICoRSIA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 117
EP  - 120
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icorsia-18.2019.28
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