RELIGIOSITY OF CIREBONESE SOCIETY CULTURE IN THE ORAL TRADITION PEPUJIAN
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https://doi.org/10.11113/umran2016.3n3-1.151Keywords:
Cirebonese society, culture, oral tradition, religiosityAbstract
Cirebonese society and its culture grew and developed from a long history of the oldest Islamic Sultanate in West Java led by Sunan Gunung Jati. As the King of the Sultanate and at the same time called the Waliyullah, such a variety forms of tradition are held as the cultural expression of his citizen. One of it is the oral tradition pepujian. This tradition has been exist in the mid of the society until now. This research is conducted as a study of public religiosity. It is seen from the oral tradition pepujian is linked with the culture of the society. It is link with the ideaof semiotics theory of Claude Lévi-Strauss (1904) in anthropology studies using language approach. The methodology used is paradigm from the qualitative research. Through the linguistics anthropology framework, researcher involves in the community activities and being part of them. So it is eventually discovered that the oral tradition pepujian in the culture of Cirebonese speakers is a verse of poetry containing Islamic teachings about faith and worship. It is spoken in the form of song as an expression of their cultural religiosity.
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