The Ritual Ukuwala Mahiate: The Integration of Tradition and Religion of the Indigenous Community of Moluccas, Indonesia

Mahdi Malawat (), M. Ridwan (), Sulaeman Sulaeman () and Darma Darma ()
Additional contact information
Mahdi Malawat: Faculty of Ushuluddin and Da'wah, State Islamic Institute, Ambon, Indonesia
M. Ridwan: Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Economics, State Islamic Institute, Ambon, Indonesia
Sulaeman Sulaeman: State Islamic Institute, Ambon, Indonesia
Darma Darma: Faculty of Ushuluddin and Da'wah, State Islamic Institute, Ambon, Indonesia

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2021, vol. 15, issue 1, 526-540

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to describe the ritual Ukuwala Mahiate of the Indigenous community Moluccas, Indonesia. The Ukuwala Mahiate, an integral part of the rituals of the Indigenous community, is considered a fusion of Islamic culture's interaction with local traditions and comprises ritual elements ranging from tools such as Nyuwelain Matehu to more complex elements. This research employed a subjective interpretive paradigm with an ethnographic qualitative approach. The study finds that the integration of tradition and religion of the Ukuwala Mahiate ritual is formed as the interpretation of the ritual processes the tradition of community and Mosque procession, Nyuwelain Matehu procession and proof, and affect the Moluccas life. The Ukuwala Mahiate is considered having deep significance, as an offering, veneration of ancestral spirits, and an act of social solidarity with a fellow of the indigenous community.

Keywords: Ukuwala Mahiate; Tradition; Religion; Nyuwelain Matehu; Mosque (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/2302/932 (application/pdf)
https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/2302 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tec:journl:v:15:y:2021:i:1:p:526-540

Access Statistics for this article

Technium Social Sciences Journal is currently edited by Tasente Tanase

More articles in Technium Social Sciences Journal from Technium Science
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tasente Tanase ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).