Javanese Belief in Hindu-Buddhist Period
Kakawin Sutasoma written by mpu Tantular containing religious messages composed of boddhakawya. However, in other kakawin Uttarakanda he wrote, is clearly the worship of the god Vishnu. Even more complicated, the question is Sri istadewata Parwatarajadewa meaning God of the Mountain King, the Lord Shiva who in Indian mythology is the daughter of the Himalayas. Tradition of worship sacred mountain in Java seemed to be the belief in the sanctity of high places that has something to do with the worship of ancestral spirits who have long been in Southeast Asia in general, before the arrival of Hinduism and Buddhism in Java.
Javanese people’s religious beliefs are expressed through certain kakawin look at developing in the process of evolution. However, it is certain that the new ideology, whether Hindu or Buddhist, it seems that Java is more in harmony with each other than in India.
Javanese Culture in Hindu-Buddhist Period
Basically Javanese culture in the burden of life-The Buddha is a manifestation of trust Javanese Hindu-Buddhist-Hindu since the arrival of Buddhism in Java. The activities of the ceremony, a tradition that some may still exist to this day seen. The ceremony was performed to obtain the welfare of the Gods.
Java in the Hindu society seems plated three. The first, consisting of Hindu and Buddhist clergy who have tax-free land. Second, the ruling royal family on the ruler with the assistance of local clergy, and the third is ordinary villagers tax levied by the king through the medium of mangilala drwya aji or tax harvesters. By increasing the amount of interest in capturing the king sima clerical support, while from the point of material wealth, they are also concerned to develop rice cultivation.
Other old ritual in Java and Pasundan to gain economic prosperity is wiwit ceremony (beginning of growing season) are embodied in the worship of the goddess of rice, Dewi Sri. Even the name of Sri originated in India, the myth that there is in the archipelago to the islands completely untouched by the influence of India.
Ceremonies discussed above in essence is to maintain a balance between the village and the macrocosm, and avoid shocks that could lead to lower material well-being
Another one is the sacrificial ceremony early colored buffalo India myth. In Central Java and East Java, there are a number of statues of Durga Durga Mahisasuranardini means tangible giant buffalo were slaughtered. Louis Charles Damais arguing that the sacrificial stone in the Java language called “maesa”, probably because of the stone pillars replace sacrificial buffalo mooring places are generally slaughtered at the time of funeral pre-Islamic era. Today there was no building large enough to be built without burial buffalo head.
Care and ceremony as a mark of greatness penjamasan heritage has been known since the year 824 at Middle Reef inscription mentions sharps (or dagger). This oversized equipment ownership, as ownership of revelation (ketiban andaru, which is a sign of greatness lightning falling from the sky) is a sign of legitimacy. All the heirloom is personified and given a name that is respected, the chaplain for male and for female housekeeper.
The appearance of rice cones in religious ceremonies as a proven Garebeg existed since the 9th century. In the inscription, called Inscription Pintang Mas and 878 M years that may be derived from the Doeng, written orders to a Dyah Putu what to presents to the gods …. “And when it came time to worship deity (kapujan bhatara for hyang) once a year (linings ing year) ka counts should respect and make the phallus-the phallus of rice in honor of the god Brahma (agawaya annalingga pamuja I bhatara Brahma) with a word derived from anna Sanskrit, meaning rice and food in general.
Garebeg is a continuation of an ancient ritual in the capital of the king, and serves to restore the integrity of the kingdom On that occasion the representatives of provincial tribute and deliver to the people to come have fun. Rituals similar to other ceremonies, all of which confirmed the homogeneity of the original model of Java. Ceremony in the capital by the king in the Square Sekaten maintain harmony between his kingdom and the cosmos. Meanwhile, the villagers also tried to achieve the same goal at a simpler level.
Garebeg magnitude measured by the number of shapes, but every time there must be at least one of each type, so the five series. Preceded by some princes who brought heirlooms are not just how important and by some ugly people (crops). In the past, the mountain of mountains that are blessed by it transported to the home of princes and divided among their followers. Javanese ritual of the most fundamental, namely slametan a mountain is to eat a meal together.
Physically these activities Garebeg rice and food is an offering to the king. And after being processed and cooked by his courtiers, returned in another form, full of blessing the king. Thus there has been a transitional form of raw yng to the cook, from the rough to smooth, from the amaliah to the civilized.
Slametan is a valuable ritual meal together, which was held in the evening among the men. They enjoy a meal served on banana leaf in the form of yellow rice colored with turmeric, and various meat dishes. Here the goal is to tame the spirit, such as: dedemit, lelembut, memedi and tuyul which is considered to be present and breathe in the scent of the dish. If they actually have defused, the human current are able to “survive”, as contained in the word itself slametan. Slametan the most important is clean slametan village, held once a year and involve all male citizens. They perform prayers together as a tomb believed to be buried danyang villages, the founders of both the spirit protector of villagers
In an effort to understand the reality of Hindu-Buddhist influence this complex department, has been studied and underlined just how enduring the elements that have entered the Java nearly two millennia ago. In this case the practice of the ancient rites, magical puppet feature, the link between the sacrifice of the buffalo and the cult of the dead among the Java community is still a lot going on, even after Islam became the religion of the Java community.
