MAKNA SIMBOLIK UPACARA SIRAMAN PENGANTIN ADAT JAWA

Siraman (bathing) is a Javanese ritual ceremony that is done one day before the bride does the ijab qabul. In the siraman ritual, the operational rule and the equipments (uborampe) that are used are already definite (maton/pakem) as the symbols that have meanings. The meanings of the symbols in the siraman cannot be put off from Javanese context. Phenomenology and philosophy approaches using hermeneutic method towards siraman ritual are interpreted comprehensively to make the meanings of symbols clearly therefore the symbols in the siraman ritual can be understood. This research figures the inter relations among philosophy, culture and Islam.