Maudu' : a way of union with God / Muhammad Adlin Sila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sila, Muhammad Adlin, author.

Series:

Islam in Southeast Asia.

Islam in Southeast Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Indonesia--Sulawesi Selatan.

Muslims.

Group identity--Indonesia--Sulawesi Selatan.

Group identity.

Ethnic groups--Indonesia--Sulawesi Selatan.

Ethnic groups.

Islam--Indonesia--Sulawesi Selatan.

Islam.

Sulawesi Selatan (Indonesia)--History.

Sulawesi Selatan (Indonesia).

Sulawesi Selatan (Indonesia)--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 146 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps.

Place of Publication:

ANU Press 2015

Acton ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume offers a fascinating case study of the Sayyid community of Cikoang in South Sulawesi – in particular, an examination of the role of the descendants of Sayyid Jalaluddin al-‘Aidid, a Hadhrami merchant-teacher of great authority and charisma who is said to have initially settled in Gowa in the 17th century. It is of particular interest because the migration of Sayydid Jalaluddin occurred well before the major Hadhrami diaspora to Southeast Asia in the mid-19th century. Of particular interest is the way Sayyid Jalaluddin and his descendants became integrated within the Makassar community. Sayyid Jalaluddin’s legacy to the Cikoang community is the Tarekat Bahr ul-Nur, whose mystic teachings expound the creation of the world from the ‘Nur Muhammad’. A consequence of this teaching is an enormous emphasis on the celebration of Maudu’ (Maulid or the Birth of the Prophet) as expressed in the local assertion: ‘My existence on this earth is for nothing but Maudu’.’ Every year this prompts the Cikoang community to hold one of the most elaborate and colourful Maulid celebrations in Indonesia. This study was originally submitted as an MA thesis at ANU in 1998, but soon became recognised as an important contribution to Hadhrami studies. Its author, M. Adlin Sila, has since gone on to complete his PhD at ANU, Being Muslim in Bima of Sumbawa, Indonesia: Practice, Politics and Cultural Diversity. This study of Bima and its religious history establishes him as a major researcher on the diverse traditions of Islam in eastern Indonesia.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The scope of the study

2. The Lontara': The Bugis-Makassar manuscripts and their histories

3. Origin, class status and socio-cultural integration in Cikoang

4. The ideological dimensions of disputes over religious practices in Cikoang

5. The festivals of Maudu' and Pattumateang

6. Concluding remarks

Appendix I. Types of Lontara': The Bugis-Makassar manuscripts

Appendix II. The tale of the three Datok

Appendix III. The kinship terms of the Cikoangese

Appendix IV. Subdivisions of the Anakkaraeng

Appendix V. The ata, or slaves, of South Sulawesi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical refernces.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 6, 2019).

ISBN:

9781925022711

1925022714

OCLC:

911430641

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_588797