Abstract

FUADI, Moh. Ashif et al. 'Standing up' Maḥallu al-Qiyām as cultural expression in Indonesia: A historical approach. Herv. teol. stud. [online]. 2024, vol.80, n.1, pp.1-10. ISSN 2072-8050.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v80i1.8466.

This study aims to discuss the historiography of standing up Maḥallu al-Qiyām in the cultural expression in Indonesia. This research is classified as qualitative research with a historical approach method reinforced with documentation, interview and observation. To deepen the meaning of Maḥallu al-Qiyām using analysis using the symbolic interpretive theory of Clifford Geertz. Interestingly, the tradition of Maḥallu al-Qiyām becomes a symbolic meaning of the expression of homage to the Prophet Muhammad and has the content of Maḥabbah teachings to the Prophet. This research concluded that standing up Maḥallu al-Qiyām began when Sheikh Tajuddin as-Subkhi started his stand while reading the Prophet's Mawlīd as a symbol of respect for the Prophet Muhammad. The Maḥallu al-Qiyām has various forms of celebration as a cultural expression in Indonesia, manifested in various forms of celebration in Javanese cultures, such as muludan, srakalan, kekahan, temu manten, manakiban, sema'an al-Qur'an, and respect for newly arrived ulama. CONTRIBUTION: This article has contributed to discovering the traditions that developed in Indonesia, which intersected with Maḥallu al-Qiyām, thus identifying some expressions of Javanese culture in whose dialectic with standing Maḥallu al-Qiyām.

Keywords : Mawlīd; Maḥallu al-Qiyām; standing up; cultural expression; Indonesia.

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