SEBLANG MANTRA DAN RITUAL DALAM KONTEKS STRUKTUR SOSIAL

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the ritual Seblang institutions in the context of the social structure Using community, Banyuwangi. The method used is the study of literature, participation observation, and in-depth interviews, with functional-structural analysis method. The results showed that the institution Seblang ritual is a social institution that is enabled by the Using as an integral part of their social structure. Seblang sacred values will also be a convergence between alam alus and alam kasar, between man and dhanyang, between microcosm and macrocosm. The existence of institutions capable of passing rituals Seblang-limit so always preserved by the Using up to now, because supported by the cultural and social conditions. Conditions associated with the culture of the religious system and system knowledge, while social conditions related to social structures and rural geographical environment. Cultural conditions and the social conditions become public confidence Using on socio-cultural functions Seblang for agricultural fertility and the welfare of their lives. Denial of the will of the ancestors believed would lead to disharmony, both socially and psychologically, which at once will cause disharmony in the social structure Using.