Collective Memory, Ritual and Symbols as Cultural Defense of Traditional Muslim Society in Semarang, Central Java

Authors

  • Tedi Kholiludin Wahid Hasyim University

Keywords:

Cultural Defense, Collective Memory, Traditional Muslim

Abstract

Tulisan ini mengeksplorasi bagaimana sebuah komunitas mempertahankan identitasnya ketika harus berhadapan dengan perubahan-perubahan. Dengan menjadikan muslim tradisional di Kota Semarang sebagai kelompok yang dikaji, kajian ini menelaah bagaimana kelompok tersebut membangun pertahanan kultural. Data dalam penelitian sosiologis ini diperoleh melalui studi pustaka, observasi dan wawancara. Setelah terkumpul, data dianalisis secara deskriptif. Dengan menggunakan kerangka cultural defense, kelompok muslim tradisional di Semarang membangun pertahanan dengan tiga aspek; memori kolektif, ritual dan simbol. Ketiganya dihadirkan sebagai upaya untuk mengimbangi modernitas.

 

This paper explores how a community maintains its identity when it has to deal with changes. By using traditional Muslims in the city of Semarang as the group studied, this study examines how this group builds cultural defenses. The data in this sociological research were obtained through literature study, observation and interviews. Once collected, the data were analyzed descriptively. By using a cultural defense framework, traditional Muslim groups in Semarang build defense with three aspects; collective memory, rituals and symbols. All three are presented as an attempt to deal with modernity.

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2025-12-17

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Kholiludin, T. (2025). Collective Memory, Ritual and Symbols as Cultural Defense of Traditional Muslim Society in Semarang, Central Java. Jurnal Sosiologi Agama, 19(2), 130–144. Retrieved from https://ejournal.uin-suka.ac.id/ushuluddin/SosiologiAgama/article/view/4702

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