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Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture
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Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture is an interdisciplinary journal that explores the history, politics, economics, linguistics, sociology and anthropology of world’s local culture. The journal brings together original and innovative articles which deploy interdisciplinary and comparative research methods add also welcomes progress reports on research projects, fieldwork notes, book reviews, and notes on conferences. Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture is published by Laboratorium Bantenologi, State Islamic University (UIN) Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten in June and December each year. The journal accepts articles in English and Indonesia.
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From Arabic Style toward Javanese Style: Comparison between Accents of Javanese Recitation and Arabic Recitation Nur Faizin
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 4 No 1 (2017): January - June 2017
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Moslem scholars have acceptedmaqamat in reciting the Quran otherwise they have not accepted macapat as Javanese style in reciting the Quran such as recitationin the State Palace in commemoration of Isra` Miraj 2015. The paper uses a phonological approach to accents in Arabic and Javanese style in recitingthe first verse of Surah Al-Isra`. Themethod used here is analysis of suprasegmental sound (accent) by usingSpeech Analyzer programand the comparison of these accents is analyzed by descriptive method. By doing so, the author found that:first, there is not any ideological reason to reject Javanese style because both of Arabic and Javanese style have some aspects suitable and unsuitable with Ilm Tajweed; second, the suitability of Arabic style was muchthan Javanese style; third, it is not right to reject recitingthe Quran with Javanese style only based on assumption that it evokedmistakes and errors; fourth, the acceptance of Arabic style as the art in reciting the Quran should risedacceptanceof the Javanese stylealso. So, rejection of reciting the Quranwith Javanese style wasnot due to any reason and it couldnot be proofed by any logical argument. Keywords: Recitation, Arabic Style, Javanese Style, Quran.
Makna Budaya dalam Dongeng Humor Masyarakat Banten M A Tihami
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 2 No 2 (2015): July - December 2015
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This article examines humour stories frequently told by the Bantenese. The main problems discussed here are: What kind of humour stories that spread among the Bantenese? What are the functions and meanings of the stories for the people? How do people understand and make use the stories? This article is the result of a set of fieldwork using ethnographic method with anthropological approach. In analyzing data, I use functional–structural approach. The methods used in collecting data are library research, participant observations, and in–depth interviews. Based on research findings, I conclude that there are at least 41 humour stories and 15 most popular themes. Meanwhile, based on its functions, there are at least 8 functions in the stories, namely as a set of advice pertaining moral values, as social critiques, to control attitude and behavior, to influnce people, to entertain, as tools to deal with boredom and stress, as tools to evaluate one’s mistakes, and as tools to select what is appropriate for the local society. Keywords: Banten, Folklore, Humour Stories, Local Culture, Popular, Culture.
Magic and the Communist Revolt of 1926 in Banten: Ulumi, Helmy Faizi Bahrul
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 2 No 2 (2015): July - December 2015
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Studies on magic in civil revolts in Indonesia are remarkably scarce. The use of magic in Bantenese revolts are presented in the works of Kartodirdjo (1966) and Williams (1982,1990). This article explains several aspects of magic such as the form, the ritual, and thesources related to magic sourced from the Script of K.H. Muqri Labuan, one of the important figures in the communist revolt of 1926 in Banten, by using philological and historical approaches. The Script was written byK.H. Muqri during his escapee from Surabaya to Mecca when the Dutch colonial could defeat his rebellion in Labuan. His script is 17,5x21 cm consisted of 540pages written in Jawiand Arabic.  It mostly contains the magical formula and wird of severaltariqa. It also comprises his genealogy, the magical licence (ijâzah)he obtained, his journey notes to Mecca, his activities during living in Mecca, and the list of his disciples. Keywords: Banten, Magic, Tariqa, Social Revolution, Communism
An Analysis of Illocutionary Speech Acts in the Book Rochmat Budi Santoso
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 4 No 1 (2017): January - June 2017
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This study aims at finding out how the Searle’s illocutionary speech acts are most frequently used and performed in the book “Paparaton: Leg-enda Ken Arok dan Ken Dedes”. The researcher uses qualitative meth-od by collecting data from reading the book, analyzing the dialogues of each characters, reading the script and doing library research. The total of the classification illocutionary speech acts according to Searle are 39 speech acts. The result of analysis shows that there are 9 commisives of illocutionary speech acts (23%). There are 9 representatives of illocution-ary speech acts (23%). There are 7 expressive of illocutionary speech acts (18%). There are 14 directives of illocutionary speech acts (38%). It is not found declaration of illocutionary acts in this book. The study also reveals the importance of illocutionary speech acts in keeping the flow of storyline of the book. This study expected to give some useful insights in understanding what illocutionary speech acts.Keywords: Speech acts, Paparaton “Legenda Ken Dedes dan Ken Arok”, Dia-logue
Reports on Ongoing and Past Research Project The Dictionaries of the Local Languages of Banten Ade Jaya Suryani
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 2 No 2 (2015): July - December 2015
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Reports on Ongoing and Past Research ProjectThe Dictionaries of the Local Languages of Banten
Preserving Traditional Islamic Thought and Practice: Rohman, Rohman
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 2 No 1 (2015): January - June 2015
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This paper tries to construct the role of the codified SÅ«rahYāsÄ«n and TaḥlÄ«l texts in Indonesia.The present paper also attempts to investigate the sequential aspects of the transmission of sÅ«rahYāsÄ«n from the single sÅ«rah until it is compiled with taḥlÄ«l texts and become widely used among traditionalist Muslims in Indonesia. The paper provides the faḍā’il al-a‘māl based on some muslim scholars. Some important questions will be dealt here, namely: why does sÅ«rah YāsÄ«n has a special position? How was sÅ«rahYāsÄ«n and taḥlÄ«l texts compiled in Indonesia? In this paper, I argue that the sÅ«rahYāsÄ«n compiled with taḥlÄ«l texts is sort of textual forms which preserve the traditional Islamic thought and practices in Indonesia. Keywords: SÅ«rahYāsÄ«n and TaḥlÄ«l 
Reconsidering the Cultural Geographies of State and Non State Spaces Hatib r Abdul Kadir
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 3 No 2 (2016): July - December 2016
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Abstract In Indonesia, the societies have a long history as a runaway society and fugitive from the state-making projects. Many historical accounts prove that people escape from the state projects, such as corvee labor, wars, diseases and epidemics, conscriptions, slavery, taxes, violence, warfare, diseases, and poverty. In general, this paper describes the state-society relations and examines the meaning of the non-governed society. This paper questions what distinguishes between govern and non-governed society, what kind of social economy and cultural life of non-governed society that distinguishes from a governed state? To answer these questions, this paper explores the distinction of the governed and the non-governed society, which live in the different geographical areas. This paper explains the distinctions and frictions between lowland and highland society in Indonesia, in terms of social economy, kinship, political organization, and religion. In the last reflection, the author argues that non governed society is not only people who live in the upland and far from the centralized bureaucracy, rather they also live in the middle of dense population of a town and even under a most centralized and autocratic regime. Keywords: Geography of the Highland and Lowland, non Governed Society, Resistance, Anarchism.
Notes on Conference Laboratorium Bantenologi
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 2 No 1 (2015): January - June 2015
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The Past and Present Ownership Status of the Banten Sultanate’s Assets
From Essentialism to Worldview: M. Endy Saputro
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 3 No 1 (2016): January - June 2016
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This paper aims to understand formation of indigenous knowledge production in Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies (CRCS), Graduate School, Gadjah Mada University. One main question analyzed here is mainly focused on definitions of indigenous religions embraced by CRCS students. Consequently, CRCS students’ theses submitted in the CRCS library from 2003 until 2012 would be employed as the representative subject to look at the discourse of indigenous definition offered by the students. There are 29 of 192 theses located as the representative subject. I argue that there is a shifting paradigm of indigenous religion in CRCS from essentialism paradigm to worldview one. Keywords: Indigenous, Religion, Culture
The Acceptance of New Religions on Java in the Nineteenth Century and the Emergence of Various Muslim and Christian Currents Kruithof, Maryse
Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture Vol 1 No 1 (2014): January - June 2014
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My Ph.D.- dissertation analyzes the work of six Dutch missionaries on Java in the period of 1850 until 1920. Besides analyzing their proselytizing strategies, I reserched on the missionaries’ reflections on their work and the reformed strategies that followed those reflections and their views on the religious context they worked in as well as how they perceived the process of admission of new religions. My focus is not only on the arrival and acceptance of Christianity, but also the Islamization process of Java, since the missionaries tried to elucidate that procesin order to benefit from it. As part of my dissertation, this paper will focus on the formation of various Muslim and Christian currents in the second half of the nineteenth century in order to elucidate the process of religious adaptation on Java. Keywords: Muslim Currents, Christian Currents, Religious Adaptation, Missionaries, Islamization