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

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https://doi.org/10.30821/miqot.v46i1.919

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

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2022-07-01

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Vol. 46 No. 1 (2022)

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