The Ritual Calendar of South Acèh, Indonesia Abdul Manan Abdul Manan The Ritual Calendar of South Acèh, Indonesia Wissenschaftliche Schriften der WWU Münster Reihe X Band 22 Abdul Manan The Ritual Calendar of South Acèh, Indonesia Wissenschaftliche Schriften der WWU Münster herausgegeben von der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster http://www.ulb.uni-muenster.de Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek: Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.d-nb.de abrufbar. Dieses Buch steht gleichzeitig in einer elektronischen Version über den Publikations- und Archivierungsserver der WWU Münster zur Verfügung. http://www.ulb.uni-muenster.de/wissenschaftliche-schriften Abdul Manan „The Ritual Calendar of South Acèh, Indonesia“ Wissenschaftliche Schriften der WWU Münster, Reihe X, Band 22 © 2015 der vorliegenden Ausgabe: Die Reihe „Wissenschaftliche Schriften der WWU Münster“ erscheint im Verlagshaus Monsenstein und Vannerdat OHG Münster www.mv-wissenschaft.com Dieses Werk ist unter der Creative-Commons-Lizenz vom Typ 'CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE' lizenziert: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/ ISBN 978-3-8405-0125-8 (Druckausgabe) URN urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-49229498097 (elektronische Version) direkt zur Online-Version: © 2015 Abdul Manan Alle Rechte vorbehalten Satz: Abdul Manan Titelbild: Abdul Manan: Sanggèn offerings on the verandah of the mosque Umschlag: MV-Verlag Druck und Bindung: MV-Verlag “Adat is where you are; wherever you walk on this earth it is under this sky that you live”. “The people who have no adat resemble a ship that has no a captain”. “The law of religion without adat is tasteless, adat without religion does not exist”. Jamee elders Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................... VI LIST OF DIAGRAMS................................................................................................................. VI LIST OF TABLES..................................................................................................................... VII LIST OF MAPS ........................................................................................................................ VII ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................ VIII CHAPTER 1 ...............................................................................................................................1 Introduction 1 Background to the research ............................................................................................1 Research focus................................................................................................................5 Methodology...................................................................................................................8 Sociography of Blangporoh village................................................................................9 The pervasive influence of Islam..................................................................................16 CHAPTER 2 .............................................................................................................................23 The Aneuk Jamee cosmology 23 $OOƗK .............................................................................................................................23 Spiritual beings.............................................................................................................26 Malaikat........................................................................................................................28 Iblis, syètan and makhluk halus....................................................................................32 Conclusion....................................................................................................................43 CHAPTER 3 .............................................................................................................................44 The Aneuk Jamee kinship 44 The Aneuk Jamee kinship.............................................................................................46 The Aneuk Jamee’s kinship terminology.....................................................................48 Consanguineal relationships.........................................................................................51 Affinal relationships .....................................................................................................57 Conclusion....................................................................................................................68 CHAPTER 4 .............................................................................................................................70 The ritual of marriage 70 An ideal marriage .........................................................................................................70 Pre-marriage ritual........................................................................................................71 Prerequisites for marriage.............................................................................................77 Wedding ceremony.......................................................................................................78 Rituals after the wedding ceremony .............................................................................89 Conclusion....................................................................................................................92 CHAPTER 5 .............................................................................................................................94 The ritual of µƗV\njUƗ 94 The mythical valorization of the month and the days ..................................................94 Interpretation of the meaning of the value..................................................................108 Conclusion..................................................................................................................109 iii CHAPTER 6........................................................................................................................... 112 The ritual of tulak bala 112 The ritual of tulak bala............................................................................................... 112 Tulak bala at village level.......................................................................................... 116 Other forms of ritual bathing ..................................................................................... 120 Tulak bala in Alupeunawa ......................................................................................... 124 Tulak bala in the past ................................................................................................. 126 Changing and debating............................................................................................... 130 Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 131 CHAPTER 7........................................................................................................................... 134 7KHULWXDORINKDQGXULPzOǀW 134 7KHDLPRINKDQGXULPzOǀW ....................................................................................... 135 Timing........................................................................................................................ 136 The NKDQGXULPzOǀW at family level........................................................................... 138 Idang (the dishes) ....................................................................................................... 141 The NKDQGXULPzOǀW at village level .......................................................................... 144 Invitation and the standing betel vine ........................................................................ 146 A case of conflict ....................................................................................................... 152 Excursus ..................................................................................................................... 153 The celebration of NKDQGXULPzOǀW............................................................................ 154 'LNpPzOǀW ................................................................................................................ 157 Discussion of diké ...................................................................................................... 163 0zOǀt speech............................................................................................................. 167 The different valorizations of NKDQGXULPzOǀW.......................................................... 170 Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 174 CHAPTER 8........................................................................................................................... 177 The ritual of khanduri bungong kayèe 177 The seasons, the winds, and their influence............................................................... 177 The ritual of khanduri bungong kayèe ....................................................................... 184 Condition of fertility of fruit-bearing