TRADISI GREBEG BESAR DI MASYARAKAT KABUPATEN DEMAK (Studi Komparasi Nilai-Nilai Budaya Era Sunan Kalijaga Dan Era Modern)

Abstract

Abstract

This type of research is field research, namely research activities that collect data are done by being directly on the object, especially in an effort to collect data and various information. The object of this research is "The Great Grebeg Tradition in Demak Regency Community (Comparative Study of Cultural Values of the Sunan Kalijaga Era and Modern Era)". The results of this study are to show that big grebeg is a traditional ceremony that has religious ritual value for the citizens of Demak Regency to welcome the coming of Eid Hajj on every 10th of Dhulhijjah, but as the development of the Great Grebeg era is now used as an exhibition venue for the Demak community and its surroundings without reducing the sacred value of the great Grebeg ceremony itself. Many different processions and cultural values of the great Grebeg era of Sunan Kalijaga with the big grebeg held in the modern era, the values contained in the great Grebek era of Sunan Kalijaga Previously the saints held large grebegs as propaganda media, the values contained in the big grebek of the modern era including the means of traditional ceremonies, religion / worship, mutual cooperation, harmony, solidarity, patriotism, leadership, responsibility, ethics, aesthetics, economics. The symbolic meaning of the big grebeg tradition is as a means of respect and a symbol of community unity within the cultural sphere.

 

Keywords: History, Great Grebeg, Tradition.