Monthly Ritual Kamis Manis as Representation of Celebrating Relation Between Human Being and God in Kalipagu, Ketenger Village, Baturraden District, Banyumas Regency

Abstract

The relationship between man and God usually understood and placed as a private matter of each human being. It practices in certain forms of worship (rituals) regulated by religion. In this case, the notion of religion is as known, adhered to, and practiced by the wider community such as, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Catholicism, Confucianism, and Protestantism. Those six religions have different way of worship systems and practices and therefore they also have different places of worship. In Kalipagu, Ketenger Village, Baturraden District, there is a ritual that can actually unite and bring people of these religions in a joint worship ritual together. It calls Kamis Manis rituals. Therefore the research was conducted to uncover such rituals which could unite people with different religion background. This research was conducted with qualitative methods. Data was collected through in-depth interviews and also carried out through participant observation. The results of this study shows that the Kamis Manis ritual has one purpose, namely request God Almighty to bring human being to become a good and noble person and asking for safety and welfare in navigating this life. In this ritual, social identity is stripped where people are only seen and placed as weak human individuals before the Supreme of God Almighty.