Wujud Kebudayaan Pada Perayaan Manggasri Masyarakat Buddha Jawi Wisnu di Malang Jawa Timur

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the cultural manifestations in the Manggasri celebration in the Buddhist Jawi Wisnu community in Malang Regency, East Java Province. This study uses a qualitative method. The subjects of the study were the Buddhist Jawi Wisnu community and Buddhist religious instructors. The object of this study is the cultural manifestations in the Manggasri celebration. Data collection was carried out through observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis used the Miles and Huberman model. The results of this study are: (1) The background of the Manggasri celebration as a marker of the start of the calendar; (2) The sequence of the Manggasri celebration includes pre-event activities, the celebration of Satu Sura (the first day of the Javanese New Year), and post-Satu Sura activities; (3) Cultural forms in the Manggasri celebration include ideas or beliefs held by Buddhist communities, social activities during the Manggasri celebration, and physical cultural expressions; and (4) The connection between Javanese culture and Buddhism in the Manggasri celebrations can be seen from the aspects of initiation teachings and esoteric teachings, the combination of languages ​​in mantras, the true purpose of life, the concept of cosmology, the practice of repetition, sungkeman (an attitude of respect) as an expression of mutual forgiveness, and the values ​​of the Dhamma teachings contained in the ambengan offerings.