AKULTURASI BUDAYA LOKAL DAN AGAMA ISLAM DALAM MENYAMBUT RAMADHAN

Studi Kasus Tradisi Mersik di Kebon Daya, Masbagik Timur

Abstract

Kebon Daya community in East Masbagik Village has a unique tradition of
welcoming Ramadhan. Tradition inherited through the ages named mersik which
means cleaning. This ritual consists of two stages of cleansing which are mersik
zahir and mersik bathin. The first stage is specially for cleansing house of worship
and along the path to it. Meanwhile, mersik bathin is about sanctification of heart
and spiritual. This reality is analyzed by examining the acculturative religious
expression between religion (Qur’an verses and hadith) with cultural rules binding
(customs and traditions). In the study of diversity, the scope of this discussion is
included in the category of living Qur'an and living hadith that examine aspects of
religious expression based on the Qur'an and hadith. Basically, the study of the
living Qur'an and living hadith are based on aspects of the validity of the text,
interpretations of the text, and the extent to which the text influences the
anthropological ritual patterns of the people affected by the text.