INTERPRETATION OF IDEOLOGICAL MEANING OF KI AGENG GRIBIG CEMETERY COMPLEX STRUCTURE IN JATINOM, KLATEN, CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA

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The cemetery complex of Ki Ageng Gribig (KAG) in Jatinom, Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia as a cultural resource contains a number of interesting texts for discussion. The text of cultural objects, ceremonial, Javanese idioms, and narrative texts containing the history of KAG have not been thoroughly worked out and presented by researchers to the community as a result of integrated and complex research. The existence of complex texts makes the KAG cemetery special among other cemeterys in Java. The construction of the text of cultural objects is structured in such a way as to follow the idea of the status and role of KAG in the past. KAG is seen as a saint (guardian), descendant of King Brawijaya king of Majapahit (Hindu symbol) and Sunan Giri (Islamic symbol). KAG as a symbolic expression of Java combines the concept of Hindu and Islamic thought. As an Islam, KAG positioned itself on a moderate Javanese Islamic ideology by preserving and perpetuating tradition by protecting itself from the understanding of Arabic Islamic symbolized by Shaykh Ibrahim (successfully defeated in a fight). The concept of moderate Javanese Islamic thought in KAG is expressed on the entire narrative text and cultural objects contained within the cemetery complex. The complex of the cemetery as a meaningful text is sustained by the relation of other text elements within its ideological structure. The ideological structural center was built by P3KAG (KAG Heritage Preservation Manager) through KAG's historical narrative text supported by Ya-qawiyyu (Saparan) ceremonial text structure and Javanese idiom texts. This paper discusses the ideological significance of the complex structure of the KAG cemetery connected with the ideological structure of the ceremony, ideological structure of Javanese idioms, and the historical narrative text of KAG as the center of ideological structure. How the interpretation of the complex structure of the KAG cemetery in its relation to other structures is studied using the theory of text structure supported by the concept of Javanese ethics. The relation between elements of cultural objects in the complex of the KAG cemetery shows a strong network of relationships by forming ideological structures that link to one another to place KAG as an extraordinary central figure and admired by society. This paper assumes that the complex structure of the cemetery works to perpetuate ideological values and legitimize KAG figures.
Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Review of Humanities Studies
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

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