The Symbolic Meaning of the Jedhoran Tradition in the Tedhak Siten Traditional Ceremony in Tulungagung and Its Relevance as BIPA Teaching Materials at Universitas Sebelas Maret

Abstract

Based on the results of acculturation between Islam and Javanese culture, this article discusses local culture in Tulungagung with special reference to the Jedhoran tradition in the Tedhak Siten traditional ceremony in Tulungagung. This article focus at the process of Javanese-Muslims incorporating the concepts of animism, Hindhu-Buddha, and Islam into their cultural system. This relation is a form of acculturation with the local culture refers to the Jedhoran tradition in the Tedhak Siten traditional ceremony in Tulungagung. This article explains the symbolic meaning of the Jedhoran tradition in the Tedhak Siten traditional ceremony in Tulungagung and its relevance as BIPA teaching material at UNS to introduce local culture in Indonesia. This is a descriptive qualitative research. The collecting data Techniques are observation, interview, and pay attention to contexts that contained symbolic meanings. The results of the research show that there is a symbolic meaning of the Jedhoran tradition in the Tedak Sinten traditional ceremony in Tulungagung as a form of local culture in Indonesia that can use as BIPA teaching material at UNS. The Jedhoran tradition in the Tedhak Siten traditional ceremony contains a symbolic meaning to express the gratitude and hope of parents for their children to live without neglecting religious values.