MAWLID CELEBRATION IN ACEH: Culture, Religious Expression, and Political Medium

Sehat Ihsan Shadiqin, Siti Ikramatoun

Abstract


Abstract: This study is an ethnographic note about the Mawlid celebrations in Aceh. In contrast to most studies by previous scholars who saw Mawlid as a medium for normative theological discourse, this article aims to narrate the Mawlid phenomenon by focusing on how the Acehnese celebrated Mawlid, how the religious expression was, and how Mawlid became a political medium. This study showed that the Mawlid celebration in Aceh is not just a tradition or an expression of love for the Prophet but a cultural construction inherent to the Acehnese society, religious expression, and political media. Mawlid as a cultural construction is manifested in various forms of unique food dishes, as a religious expression manifested in typical Dhikr and Lectures Mawlid, and as a political medium seen from the invitations of Mawlid, Mawlid Pemda, and Mawlid at home.

 

Abstrak: Kajian ini merupakan catatan etnografis tentang perayaan Maulid di Aceh. Berbeda dengan kebanyakan kajian sebelumnya yang melihat Maulid sebagai media wacana teologis normatif, artikel ini bertujuan untuk menceritakan fenomena Maulid dengan berfokus pada bagaimana masyarakat Aceh merayakan Maulid, bagaimana ekspresi keagamaannya, dan bagaimana Maulid menjadi media politik. Kajian ini menunjukkan bahwa perayaan Maulid di Aceh bukan sekedar tradisi atau ungkapan cinta kepada Nabi, melainkan sebuah konstruksi budaya dan ekspresi keagamaan yang telah melekat pada masyarakat Aceh, serta media politik. Mawlid sebagai konstruksi budaya termanifestasi dalam beragam bentuk hidangan makanan yang unik, kemudian sebagai ekspresi keagamaan termanifestasi dalam bentuk Dzikir dan Ceramah Maulid yang khas, dan sebagai media politik terlihat dari ajakan Maulid, Maulid Pemda, dan Maulid di rumah.  

Keywords: Acehnese; Mawlid Celebration; Culture; Social Identity; Religious Expression; Political Medium.


Keywords


Acehnese; Mawlid Celebration; Culture; Religious Expression; Political Medium

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