<![CDATA[The purpose of writing this article is to analyze the form of sacredness and the ritual of summoning ancestral spirits at the Kenduri Sko event in Kerinci. Kenduri sko is an important tradition for the Kerinci people, this tradition is connected between the community and the ancestors of the Kerinci people, because kenduri sko is related to ancestral relics in the form of objects or the sko title itself. These relics are sacred so that anything related to these relics or sko is considered to have spiritual value and contains elements of magic. The method used is a qualitative method with the type of field research, observation, interviews and documentation studies, then data triangulation techniques are carried out so that the data obtained is valid data, after which an in-depth analysis is carried out. The results of the research show that the existence of the kenduri sko tradition in Kerinci is because this tradition contains sacred things, namely being connected to the spirits of the ancestors. The community believes that holding the kenduri sko will make the spirits of the ancestors happy and have an impact on the community's harvest. For this reason, a ritual of summoning the spirits of ancestors is carried out.]]>
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