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Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage
ISSN : 2303243X     EISSN : 24429031     DOI : https://doi.org/10.31291/hn.v11i2
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage, This journal focuses on religious studies (both contemporary and classical), particularly in the fields of Religious Literature, Cultures, and Heritage in Nusantara and Nusantara (Indonesia), and its relation to the same discussion on Southeast Asia, Asian Continents and other continents within International forum of discussion. The subject covers many perspectives such as philosophy, theology, philology, sociology, anthropology, politics, archaeology, art, history, hermeneutics, linguistics, and media studies.
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Islamic Poems by Rukun Nasution (1928-1998): Themes and Social Relevance Asari, Hasan; Budianti, Yusnaili
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v10i1.592

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This study analyzes two poems written by Rukun Nasution (1928-1998), namely Syair Pengajak Solat (Invitation to Prayer) and Doa/Syair Menjelang Pajar (Invocation/Poem before Dawn). This manuscript only came to the attention of the authors in 2018, and this is the first time the book of poetry is being studied and described. The main objective of this study is to analyze the content of the poems, with reference to their socio-religious relevance and some philological aspects. Rukun (the popular name of Rukun Nasution) wrote his poems in the 1960s using Latin script, and the fact he had no formal education other than a three-year of elementary school made his creative productivity more interesting. He presented his ideas in a well-structured text while applying the 'aa-aa' rhyme consistently. The poems contain Islamic messages, with prayer procedures being the most dominant theme. These poems are relevant to document religious information, disseminate Islamic teachings, while remains artistically creative.
Syncretism of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism in Liaozhai Zhiyi in Terms of Filial Piety Wang, Aiqing
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v10i2.595

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Liáozhāi Zhìyìis one of the representative compilations in the genre ofzhìguài‘strange writing’ during the Qing (1644-1912) era, and it conveys filial piety through narration and authorial commentary. This researchscrutinizesnarratives regardingthe preponderant construal of filial piety, so as toexplore the harmonious contemporaneous of religious thinking and behavior in Qing China. This researchconductsinterpretative and hermeneutic research on four narratives in Liáozhāi Zhìyì, namely,XíFāngpíng, LèZhòng, SìshíQiān, and QiánbǔWū, and also refersto classic treatises regarding filial piety. Given the fact that narratives in Liáozhāi Zhìyìthemed by or appertaining to filial pietyentail elements of three religions simultaneously.This studypropoundsthat itilluminates amalgamation of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism, i.e.sānjiàohéyī, in seventeenth-century China.
The Traditional Religion of the Dayak in West Kalimantan: Analysis of J.U. Lontaan’s Monograph Taggok, M. Ikhsan; Hawari, Muhammad Rifqi
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v10i1.597

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The aim of this paper is to explain Lontaan's views on the religious beliefs of the Dayak people in West Kalimantan as set forth in his book The History of Customary Laws and Traditions of West Kalimantan. It concentrates on the concept of traditional Dayak religion in Lontaan's work, which is still developing today even though the Dayak have embraced religions foreign to their island. In understanding, examining and explaining Lontaan’s monograph, this paper uses a descriptive hermeneutical method. The source of this paper is the book The History of Customary Laws and Traditions of West Kalimantan by Lontaan. The data of this paper is Lontaan’s field observations and interviews involving religious and traditional figures in West Kalimantan, which he compiled in The History of Customary Laws and Traditions of West Kalimantan forty-five years ago. The focus of this paper is the traditional Dayak religion (Kaharingan) and concerns the beliefs in God, spirits and ancestral spirits that it comprises. Based on the results of our research, it is clear that Lontaan succeeds in showing that the Dayaks’ beliefs about spirits or gods and ancestral spirits can affect their daily lives. To connect with God, spirits and ancestral spirits, the Dayak hold various ceremonies. In contrast to other works on Dayak, Lontaan not only studied one of the Dayak tribes, but also examined the culture and religious beliefs of the Dayak Kenayatn, Kayan, Maayan and other Dayak tribes in West Kalimantan and its customs compared to each other.
Idiulūjiyyah wasāʼil al-iʽlām al-jamāhīriyyah al-Indūnisiyyah ʽibar al-internet fi naql akhbār aş-şirāʽ as-siyāsī fī asy-syarq al-awsa Faisol, Yufni; Hadi, Syofyan; Reflinaldi, Reflinaldi
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v10i1.604

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This study aims to explore the forms of information reproduction in online mass media, with specific issues on Middle East conflicts. The present study adopts a qualitative descriptive model. The data were collected from the news reports on the Syrian conflicts by some leading online news platforms such as Republika, Kompas and Tempo. The data were taken from January to October 2018 and were analyzed using the qualitative analysis stages of the Miles and Huberman model. The research findings indicate that each mass media has differences in reproducing Middle East conflict information, in terms of their data source and point of view of news reporting. Republika tends to take the opposition's point of view to the Syrian government so that it puts the United States and its allies as its main subject. On the contrary, Kompas departed from the point of view of sympathy for the Syrian government and its allies, jeopardizing the United States and its allies in reporting. The third media, Tempo, takes the point of view of narrating events chronologically and focuses a lot on humanitarian issues in the news they deliver.
Male Writers of DānměiLiterature: An Analysis of Fēitiānyèxiáng Wang, Aiqing
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v10i1.607

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In  this  paper,  I  investigate dānměias  a  ground-breaking  literary  genre by  means  of  scrutinising  an  illustrious  male  writer  pseudonymed Fēitiānyèxiáng, and I propound that his works are exemplary as online writing.  As  a  growing  Chinese  Internet  literature,  the  female-oriented dānměigenre, aka  Boys  Love,  has  attracted  legions  of  heterosexual fangirl  producers  and  consumers  as  well  as  a  meagre  amount  of  their male counterparts. Among male dānměiwriters, who are in an absolute minority, Fēitiānyèxiángis  celebrated  fora  wide  range  of  innovative themes  and  magnificent  storylines,  and  his  fiction  is  replete  with profound literary and historical allusionsand elaborate and meticulous depictions.  Furthermore,  notwithstanding  a non-reversible  bipartite dichotomy between seme (top) and uke (bottom)roles, Fēitiānyèxiáng’s writing  is  not  featured  by  feminisation  of  uke,  which  is  clichéd characterisation in not only the dānměi subculture, but also classical and modern    Chinese    literature.    More    significantly, Fēitiānyèxiáng’s narratives  are  reality-oriented,  addressing adverse  circumstances  in  a real-world  context  and  hence  rendering  characters  more  multi-faceted, and he does not circumvent realistic issues or create over-romanticised representation, analogous to his equivalent pseudonymed Nánkāngbáiqǐ.
Perubahan Kotemporer dan Pengunaan Adat pada masyarakat Gayo, Indonesia Arfiansyah, A.
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v10i1.620

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By employing ethnographic methods, this research seeks to provide answer on what has changed in Gayo adat law, particularly after the Aceh government formalized adat law and adat institution? How is the adat being utilized by the Gayonese? What does adat serve for? This paper updates the discourse on Gayonese adat that has been extensively studied by John R. Bowen. Unlike Bowen’s study that focused on adat family law, this article explores both adat family law and adat penal law to observe the development of adat comprehensively. This research was conducted in Gayo society inhabiting both Central Aceh and Bener Meriah district, and it observes a new development of adat that is different from Bowen’s observation. It argues that Adat family law has transformed from being separated from Islam and state (as observed by Bowen) into being integral to the implementation of Islamic teachings in the community. Adat is currently being used to maintain the harmony and unity of kinship. For that purpose, Gayonese makes independent Islamic legal reasonings where conclusion is framed within the context of Islam, although at a glance it appears deviance from the standard Islamic law. Meanwhile, adat penal law which is recently revived by the state is functioned for different purposes by different actors. For activists, adat is important for social transformation, while for the state, adat is used to support legal enforcement at the village.
The Kélah Ritual of The Manggaraians in Flores-Eastern Indonesia and Its Theological Significance For Roman Catholics Jebadu, Alexander; Raho, Bernardus; Juhani, Sefrianus
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v10i2.622

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This paper aims to discuss the theological significance of the traditional religious practice of the Manggaraians in Flores, eastern Indonesia called the Kélah Ritual. It is an aspect of the traditional religion of the Manggaraians. The authorities of the Catholic Church in Manggarai have been very tolerant toward the ritual and provide enough space for the Catholics to practice it. The  Church, however, does not have a sufficient understanding of its theological significance due to insufficient previous studies on the subject. This paper demonstrates that the ritual has a deep theological significance. This study employed direct observation, direct participation in the Kélah Ritual in several places in Manggarai, focus group discussions, key informant interviews and questionnaires.  The results of this research indicate that this ritual is a rite of passage about the human soul departing from this world to heaven conducted a few days or months after the body’s interment. It was on the day of the soul’s ascension to heaven where all of the family ancestors meet with God eternally. This research concludes that, with its theological meaning, the ritual conforms with the Catholic faith doctrine regarding the gradual departure of the human soul to heaven after its corporal death - purgatory. No soul goes right away to heaven when it is not 100% holy. The ritual, therefore, could be valued and officially incorporated into the Catholic faith tradition  in order to enrich its worship to God.
The Snouck Hurgronje’s Doctrine in Conquering the Holy Revolts of Acehnese Natives Fahmi, Chairul
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v10i2.628

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This article aims to analyze the role of Christian Snouck Hurgronje in Aceh warfare (1873-1902). Snouck Hurgronje was involved in the Dutch war in Aceh by advising military chiefs of the best approach to conquer the insurgency in the Aceh region. The article is qualitative research, in which data is primarily extracted from secondary resources, such as books, journals, and other related sources on this topic. The paper found that after the Dutch declared war on Aceh on 26th March 1873, they were exhausted and lost against the Acehnese revolt. The Dutch government finally recruited an Islamic and Oriental expert from Leiden University, Prof Christian Snouck Hurgronje, to find the best way to conquer the rebellion in Aceh. This recruitment was also intertwined with the academic motivation of Hurgronje to understand Islam and its society of Aceh. Accordingly, Hurgronje suggested that the best solution to end the Acehnese resistance was by establishing a good partnership with the Acehnese royal chiefs called ”˜Uleebalang’ on the one hand and demolishing the resistance groups that led by the ulama (Islamic scholars) groups on the other hand. Snouck Hurgronje believed that the ulama was the most radical Islamic institution who led a holy war against the Dutch colonial regime in Aceh. As a result, the Dutch military chief interpreted his recommendation by deploying all resources to hunt and execute the ulama and their followers. In some cases, this military operation caused a genocide of innocent peoples such as women, the elderly, and children.
The Karimata Strait: Heritage of Network System and Socio-political History of Malay Sultanate Erman, Erwiza
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 11 No. 1 (2022): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v11i1.629

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Indonesia's maritime historiography so far has focused more on socio-economic interactions, such as: shipping-trade history, ethnic identity, downstream-upstream connections, and the politics of the harbor workers. Meanwhile, the sea, strait, and river function to connect people, goods, and ideas have made their own history which unfortunately to be neglected in Indonesian historiography. By using the historical method, this study focuses on examining a marine network system offered by Indonesian maritime historian A.B. Lapian. The Karimata Strait, an intangible heritage, has produced its own socio-political history through social interactions of the various ethnic groups such as Bugis, Malays, Chinese, Arabs, Dayaks and Arabs. This article focuses on two ethnic groups, Bugis and Arabs who had an important role in the formation of Malay sultanates and maintain their own authorities in the East and West of the Straits.  The Bugis ethnic network was represented by the migration of Opu and his Five Son from East Indonesia in the 17th and 18th centuries, while the Arabs were represented by Syarif Abdurrachman's family coming from the West, the Arab-Hadramaut and set up the sultanate of Pontianak. Following the movement of these two groups, and the networks they form, this study shows that their network histories are complex, intersecting in various ways through diaspora, religion, friendship, kinship, intermarriages, diplomacy and war. The intersection of these various networks became social capital to gain political power and economic control in the Malay sultanates. The formation and ways where the network operated had blurred the territorial boundaries of a sultanate in the East and West of Karimata Strait.
Indic Elements in Indonesian Arts and Literature: Shared Heritage Between India and Indonesia Jha, Gautam Kumar
Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage Vol. 11 No. 1 (2022): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31291/hn.v11i1.632

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Indic-Belt or the Greater India is the geographical region where Bharat’s knowledge tradition spread and influenced the local community in terms of language, culture, religions, practices and social values. Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia has been the region that received more Indic knowledge than any other parts of the world due to the easy accessibility to the land and sea routes. This Indic influence is visible in many art forms and folklore due to a long period of rules of Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms. This study aims at exploring the presence of Indic elements in Indonesian artworks, old buildings and folklore. This paper is based on a qualitative descriptive study in which the data was collected through literature study. The study found that Indian epics such as Ramayana and Mahabharata have greatly influenced the literary tradition in Indonesia, as it was present in the forms of puppets, woodcrafts, painting and batik. In addition, Indonesian-present vocabulary ”˜Esa’ (singular) to describe the concept of oneness of God came from the Sanskrit word ”˜ish’ which was carried out by the Indic permeate to Indonesia. The study suggests that with such influence of Indic culture and tradition to Indonesia, both Indonesia and India shared similar heritage and hence steps to strengthen the cultural bonds between the two nations need to be built and maintained.