SINKRITISME ISLAM DAN BUDAYA LOKAL

Abstract

Syncretic is a combination of two contradictory elements, initially referring to the unification carried out in political matters, then developing in the field of religion, especially Christianity and Protestantism, the development of today's science which has experienced ups and downs has also had an impact on the use of terms that are not only dichotomies in one field but different. This research seeks to raise the syncretism of Islam and local culture that occurs in the reality of society. The focus of this research is what are the principal elements that are mutually syncretic, in what way, and at what level does the syncretic process occur? This research is qualitative research with the concept of library research and uses a historical approach. The results of the study show that the syncretic elements are in a series of religious rituals, the media used through cultural externalization in a global context