The Symbolic Meaning of Donga Kancing ‘Prayer Buttons’ in the Prediction Ritual of Kyai Panjala Cupu
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- symbolic meaning; prayer buttons; Kyai panjala ritual; ethnolinguistic
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The prediction ritual of the Kyai Panjala Cupu is a ritual of opening three magical objects in the form of small guci, namely the Semar Tinandhu, the Palang Kinantang, and the Kenthiwiri. This ritual is believed by the people of the Girisekar-Panggang-Gunungkidul as a prophecy that will take place over the next year. In the procession of the opening of this puppet there are a lot of material elements that have a cultural value that is very tight with the philosophy of the Java society. This material element, a kancing donga 'prayer buttons', which is the term consisting of three elements (flowers, incense, and money). These three material elements are a condition that must be fulfilled when one wants to pray to the keymaster Cupu Kyai Panjala. This research is qualitative descriptive research. The data was obtained from observations of the opening events of the Kyai Panjala Cupu prophecy and the results of interviews conducted with several informants, one of whom was the keykeeper (Dwijo Sumarto). The results of this study comment on the symbolic meaning of the kancing dungo. This is a term used to describe gratitude and gratitude consisting of money, gifts, and flowers inserted in a banana leaf slice. In Kyai Panjala's opening ritual, the slice means to cover, unite, and embroider. Prayer buttons is the hope that is given to God, the request, the hope, or the desire, and the gratitude. These rituals function as religious, social, respectful, and cultural functions.words.
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TY - CONF AU - Die Bhakti Wardoyo Putro AU - Wakid Abdullah Rais AU - Riyadi Santoso AU - Sumarlam Sumarlam PY - 2024 DA - 2024/12/24 TI - The Symbolic Meaning of Donga Kancing ‘Prayer Buttons’ in the Prediction Ritual of Kyai Panjala Cupu BT - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Communication, Language, Literature, and Culture (ICCoLliC 2024) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 636 EP - 644 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-321-4_48 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-321-4_48 ID - Putro2024 ER -