Individual Paper
7. Multiple Ontologies: Religiosities, Philosophies, Languages and Society
A tradition that is strongly tied to a culture's religion or belief system is pilgrimage, which is defined as traveling to holy sites, including cemeteries. This custom has very intricate cultural values and identities, especially in relation to the ritual's timing and processes. Since animism and dynamism are still used by Javanese society as a sort of ancestral spirit worship, pilgrimage has been practiced there for centuries. As the years progressed, Javanese society began to be influenced by religions, especially Hinduism and Islam, and this tradition is still carried out by adapting the cultural values between Javanese philosophical beliefs, Hinduism, and Islam, which are adhered to by the pilgrims as a process of acculturation. This study was conducted precisely at the Raden Ayu Putri Ontjat Tondo Wurung's burial, which is in the popular pilgrimage site of Terung Wetan village in Krian, Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. Even people from outside the region are eager to visit to witness Raden Ayu Putri Ontjat Tondo Wurung's burial, who is a close relative of Majapahit of the Hindu Empire and the daughter of Adipati Terung. The phenomenological approach used in this study focuses on the respondents' individual journeys as pilgrims. The information in this study is given descriptively using words and visuals to illustrate the actual conditions at the study site. This study seeks to understand the pilgrims' reasons for performing the journey as a custom passed down from their ancestors, as well as their sense of self and cultural values.
Fatikhatur Rizqya
Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia