Abstract
This research paper discusses the Javanese yearly ritual culturally conducted to cut dreadlock hair of Dieng children in the glorified first month of Arabic calendar. The sacral ritual has been long preserved since Dieng native people believe that “dreadlock haircut ritual” is functioned to primarily drive away bad luck, calamity, and life uncertainty for the children when they grow up as well as a blessing expectation for local people life prosperity and happiness. This research is conducted by using descriptive-qualitative research method with profound observation in collecting the related data. The result of the research indicates that yearly “dreadlock haircut ritual”, as a matter of fact, has various sacred meanings in terms of psychological-social-cultural perspective, sukerto children, ritual procession, ritual attributes, and salvation ritual.
Highlights
Background of the ResearchIndonesia, based on the data of the latest population census, has more than 270 million inhabitants
A great deal of ethnic Javanese people lives in rural villages and conduct various sacral traditional religious and ritual practices in the countryside as their cultural identity
The dreadlock haircut ritual for Dieng children has been culturally rooted in Dieng plateau society life carried out every early year of the Arabic calendar
Summary
Indonesia, based on the data of the latest population census, has more than 270 million inhabitants. Based on local people’s belief, this dreadlock haircut ritual is carried out to set free children from bad lucks, disaster, and dangerous threats in the future This kind of ritual is unique since the object of the ruwatan ritual is Dieng children with long dreadlock hair believed to take along with specific weaknesses or sukerto. In Dieng society’s perception, if children’s specific weakness is not banished by cutting their long dreadlock hair, children's happiness and fortune will not come along in the upcoming days. This ritual has long been preserved from generation to generation by Dieng Muslims Javanese society and other local people to show their cultural awareness of keeping children best when they grow up. The researchers have found the various sacred meanings of dreadlock haircut ritual in terms of psychological-social-cultural perspective, sukerto children, ritual procession, ritual attributes, and salvation ritual
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