Wali Pitu and Muslim Pilgrimage in Bali, Indonesia

Inventing a Sacred Tradition
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-8728-385-8
Verlag: Leiden University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Debates on Islam & Society

This ethnographic book deals with the emergence of the Wali Pitu (seven saints) tradition and Muslim pilgrimage in Bali, Indonesia. It touches upon the issues of translocal connectivity between Java and Bali, Islam-Hindu relationship, relations between Muslim groups, and questions of authority and authenticity of saint worship tradition. It offers a new perspective on Bali, seeing the island as a site of cultural motion straddling in between Islam and Hinduism with complexities of local figurations, and belongings of ‘Muslim Balinese’. The study also urges the intricate relationship between religion and tourism, between devotion and economy, and shows that the Wali Pitu tradition has facilitated the transgression of spatial and cultural boundaries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zuhri, Syaifudin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement

Note on Transliteration and Translation

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Maps

Introduction: Muslim Pilgrimage in Bali

PART 1: JAVA AND BALI IN THE INVENTION OF THE WALI PITU

1. Saint Veneration in Indonesia

2. The Invention of the Wali Pitu

3. Wisata Religi: Pilgrimage and Tourism in Bali

PART 2: QUESTIONS OF AUTHORITY AND AUTHENTICITY

4. Al-Qablal Wujud: Identity and Religious Economy

5. Keramat Gunung: Islam and Muslim Politics in Candikuning

6. Sharing the Sacred: Hybridity and Transgressing Boundaries

Conclusion: ‘Made in Bali, by Java’

Bibliography

Glossary and Abbreviation

Index