Religio : Jurnal Studi Agama-agama
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2021): March

"Reverse Centrifugal Movement": Reading Liminality at the Shrinescape

Syamsul Asri (Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta)
Heddy Shri Ahimsa Putra (Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta)
Albertus Bagus Laksana (Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Mar 2021

Abstract

This paper main objective is to explain the nature and dynamics of solidarity and kindness that being shown in arbain walk, an annual Shi`i pilgrimage where noticeable presence of non-Muslims are observed. Coming from different religious and ethnic backgrounds, these lovers of Imam Husain are united by Imam Husain`s barakah in one hand and epic hospitality of Iraqi people for Imam Husain`s millions of devotee in other hand. The paper argues that this is an elaborated form of liminality, as emerge and envelope the pilgrims in their shrine-related religious activity, cordially affected by its shrine centered pilgrimage, namely Imam Husain`s shrine, in which shrine`s materiality and its multilayered intellectual and spiritual narrativity determines the form and intensity of pilgrim`s comradeship that being sensed. Reverse centrifugal movement is a dynamics through which Imam Husain`s shrinescape shapes the form and intensity of mutual friendship that emerge during this bigger than hajj annual rite.

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religio

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Religion Social Sciences

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Jurnal yang mengeksplorasi gagasan kreatif dan solutif seputar tema agama dan sosial-budaya. Selain sebagai wahana sosialisasi, jurnal Religio diharapkan bisa menjadi ruang publik (public sphere) bagi masyarakat, khususnya bagi para akademisi, peneliti, dan praktisi. Substansi isi tulisan jurnal, ...