Religious Rites in Life Cycle of Farmer Community in Indonesian Moslem Villages

Abstract

This study generally aims to: (1) support the farming community in Moslem Village to engage the religious rites in the life cycle. (2)  identify the life behaviour of the farmer community. (3) study the religious rites activities carried out by the Islamic farming community in their agricultural business. (4) study which cycle of life is complemented by religious rites by the farming community. The method of this study was carried out as follows: the researcher conducted direct observations of the research object in Moslem village. The researchers lived and spent the night at the study site, conducted interviews where in this activity, collected data using interview guidelines, slips, and was supported with a voice recording device, then the interview material could be recorded in its entirety and in full. The interview guidelines were intended to guide and make researchers easier to remember the main issues being interviewed in the direct data source. The results showed that the religious rites performed by the farming community in the Moslem village especially in the life cycle are: 1. Religious rites before birth (pregnancy period), 2. Religious rites at birth., 3. Religious rites on circumcision (“assuna”). 4. Religious rites of marriage and 5. Religious rites of death. These five elements of religious ritual activities carried out by the Islamic farming community from then until now are religious traditions in the form of ceremonies that are not contrary to the Islamic teachings, and that religious rites are local wisdom that must be maintained and preserved by the farming community in Moslem village in particular and the farmer community.