Ritual Tradition Buka Luwur (A Media Islamic Values and Social Values in The Kudus Society)

Buka Luwur is one the traditions practiced in Kudus Central Java. This ceremony plays as a media for disseminating religious and social values to society. The Aims of this research are to study Buka Luwur ritual as a media of disseminating religious and cultural values, and to know its functions and factors that create the tradition. This research uses sociological approach. Data was collected using interviews and interpretive analysis. There are four aspects found from this study as follows; Firstly, Buka Luwur is a religious ceremony for commemorating the death of Sunan Kudus and as a form of pilgrimage. Secondly, this tradition contains good values that need to be institutionalized and transmitted to next generations. Thirdly, Muslims’ understanding on Qur’an is interrelated with their local culture and the influence from outside Islam. Fourthly, the harmony in society will work well on condition that it is supported by living tradition. The tradition of Buka Luwur plays as an element to unify groups in society, and it can be element for social cohesion, to solidify the believe in supernatural power, to protect balance and harmony of society from time to timeThe Aim of this research is to study Buka Luwur ritual as a media of religious value and culture, and to know its functions and factors that make it a tradition. In this research the writer use sociological approach, interview in gathering data and interpretative analysis. From this research we can find fourth aspects. Firstly, this tradition has good model values, therefore it is necessary to be continued and bequeathed from generation to generation. Secondly, the understanding of muslim society on the holy Quran relates to the content of local tradition and also the non muslim influence. Thirdly, Buka Luwur tradition in Kudus is religious ceremony used to celebrate Khaul as well as ziarah for Sunan Kudus. Fourthly, the united in society runs well if their existences are tied up and supported by living culture. Buka Luwur tradition in Kudus has a big function to unite many group in society, to be social glue, to strenghten the faith to the invisible things and to keep the balance and the harmony from periode to periode