Islam Aboge Between Heritage Tradition and Religious Sect in the Horseshoe Area

Abstract

This article discusses Islam Aboge in East Java's Horseshoe (Tapal Kuda) area as a heritage of tradition or a religious sect. This article explores the acculturation of Islam with the Aboge Community in the Horseshoe area. The main problems in this article are: first, Islam Aboge between traditional heritage and religious sects. Second, Islam Aboge in the changing times. The methodology used is qualitative research through field research. Islam Aboge, as a hereditary tradition, is widely followed by local people in East Java, including in the Horseshoe (Tapal Kuda) area, which has its cultural character. The Islam Aboge community spread across Probolinggo is widely followed by most ethnic Madurese, so their interaction pattern quickly adapts to mainstream Islamic society. The adherence to the Kiai and involvement in the culture of slametan, tahlilan and other cultures is so strong that it is difficult to distinguish between them. Islam Aboge, as a religious socio-cultural fact of the people of Probolinggo and Jember, does not wholly mark the representation of the Santri-Abangan dichotomy ala Geertz. However, to a certain extent, the Aboge Probolinggo and Jember communities have similarities with the characteristics of the Abangan people. The Aboge community is a community that grows and develops with its level of holiness without abandoning the basic things of Islam, such as prayer and fasting. The Islam Aboge Community tends to shrink due to the challenges of changing times which are slow to anticipate, and the movement of the Islam Aboge Community to mainstream Islam.