The Form of Cultural and Social Changes in the Ritual of Ruwatan Sukerta Children in Java Community

Abstract

Ritual is an integral form of Javanese society and has resulted in the change of different understanding about the rituals of children participating in symbolic meaning. The changes can be seen in the flow of urbanisation and religion which can submerge a system; then it causes clashes in the traditional (rural) society that considers symbols in Ruwatan children has meaning, values, norms. While the modern (urban) society considers the symbols in children's Ruwatan has meaningless or no values.