Women remembering the Prophet’s birthday: Maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the Alawiyin community in Palembang, Indonesia

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 c...

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Main Author: Seise, Claudia (Azizah)
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spelling iium-690832019-01-10T01:34:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/69083/ Women remembering the Prophet’s birthday: Maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the Alawiyin community in Palembang, Indonesia Seise, Claudia (Azizah) BP1 Islam BP173 Islamic sociology BP174 The Practice of Islam BP184 Religious ceremonies, rites etc BP186 Special days and seasons, fasts, feasts, festivals, etc. BP188 Islamic religious life BP50 History 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 Alawiyin in Palembang are separated along gender lines. In this paper, I show how female-only Maulid 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. SEAS - Society for South-East Asian Studies 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69083/1/2000-7791-1-PB_Maulid_pub..pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69083/7/69083_Women%20remembering%20the%20prophet%27s%20birthday_scopus.pdf Seise, Claudia (Azizah) (2018) Women remembering the Prophet’s birthday: Maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the Alawiyin community in Palembang, Indonesia. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 11 (2). pp. 217-230. ISSN 1999-2521 E-ISSN 1999-253X https://aseas.univie.ac.at/index.php/aseas/article/view/2000/1971
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topic BP1 Islam
BP173 Islamic sociology
BP174 The Practice of Islam
BP184 Religious ceremonies, rites etc
BP186 Special days and seasons, fasts, feasts, festivals, etc.
BP188 Islamic religious life
BP50 History
spellingShingle BP1 Islam
BP173 Islamic sociology
BP174 The Practice of Islam
BP184 Religious ceremonies, rites etc
BP186 Special days and seasons, fasts, feasts, festivals, etc.
BP188 Islamic religious life
BP50 History
Seise, Claudia (Azizah)
Women remembering the Prophet’s birthday: Maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the Alawiyin community in Palembang, Indonesia
description 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 Alawiyin in Palembang are separated along gender lines. In this paper, I show how female-only Maulid 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.
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author Seise, Claudia (Azizah)
author_facet Seise, Claudia (Azizah)
author_sort Seise, Claudia (Azizah)
title Women remembering the Prophet’s birthday: Maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the Alawiyin community in Palembang, Indonesia
title_short Women remembering the Prophet’s birthday: Maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the Alawiyin community in Palembang, Indonesia
title_full Women remembering the Prophet’s birthday: Maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the Alawiyin community in Palembang, Indonesia
title_fullStr Women remembering the Prophet’s birthday: Maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the Alawiyin community in Palembang, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Women remembering the Prophet’s birthday: Maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the Alawiyin community in Palembang, Indonesia
title_sort women remembering the prophet’s birthday: maulid celebrations and religious emotions among the alawiyin community in palembang, indonesia
publisher SEAS - Society for South-East Asian Studies
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/69083/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/69083/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/69083/1/2000-7791-1-PB_Maulid_pub..pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/69083/7/69083_Women%20remembering%20the%20prophet%27s%20birthday_scopus.pdf
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