ACCULTURATION OF LOCAL CULTURE AND RELIGION IN THE LEKLEK-AN TRADITION IN THE SEI KEPAYANG ASAHAN COMMUNITY

Abstract

This research is a form of living hadith study that discusses the acculturation of local culture and religion in the implementation of the lek-lekan tradition in the Sei Kepayang community, Asahan Regency, North Sumatra. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with an ethnographic approach. Data collection techniques in this study using the method of observation, interviews and documentation. And the informants are the government, ulama, community leaders, event organizers and the Sei Kepayang community in general. The results of this study, that the tradition of lek-lekan which is carried out at the birth of a baby by holding activities at the place of the baby's parents. The tradition of lek-lekan is perfected with a wedding ceremony for the baby. The main foundation for the community in carrying out the tradition of lek-lekan, namely in the form of carrying out the traditions of the local community continuously and practicing the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad related to the akikah worship of a newborn child.