Women Remembering the Prophet’s Birthday: Maulid Celebrations and Reli-gious Emotions Among the Alawiyin Community in Palembang, Indonesia

ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies

关键词: Alawiyin;    Islam;    Maulid;    Muslim Women;    Religious Emotions;   

DOI  :  10.14764/10.ASEAS-0005

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In Palembang in South Sumatra, Indonesia, Maulid celebrations are considered an important religious event in the lives of many Muslims. Over the past twenty years, there has been an expansion of activities, the driving force behind which has been a young generation of Alawiyin in Palembang. Maulid celebrations organized by the Alawiyinin Palembang are separated along gender lines. In this paper, I show how female-onlyMaulid celebrations enable Muslim women, and especially the sharifat, to express their emotions and allow for bodily expressions during the actual Maulid event. I will argue that, in women-only celebrations, women express religious emotions which they wish to show but also which are expected from them as the expression of love for the Prophet Muhammad is part of the Islamic understanding internalized by the Alawiyin.

【 授权许可】

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