Tuesday, July 16, 2013

A RITUAL PROCESSION OF 40 BIERS

THE MEMBER OF MOSLEM COMMUNITIES HAVE THEIR OWN WAY TO REFLEX THE PROCESS OF LIVE AND DEATH THROUGH A RITUAL PROCESSION OF 40 BIERS. WHEREIN, THIS PROCESSION IS AIMED TO RECALL ALL HUMAN AGAINST THEIR LIFE AND DEATH


A thousand members of Kauman’s Moslem communities have held a mass prayer. In order to perform tahlil, for their ancestors.

Thereafter, They’ve conducted a ritual procession of 40 biers. From jalan pemuda until The Grand Mosque of Kauman at johar, Semarang. Thus, This procession is aimed to recall all human against their death after the process of their life. In this world, and the biers are  a symbolic of the vehicles that accompany them into the graves. So, during this time, They recite a great deal of tahlil and kalimah sahadah to accompany the corpse into their graves. Yet, formerly They seem to pray before the corpse. So that, The noble will accompany them. On their journey, to meet the Lord of All the Worlds.                                                            

This procession series. Is a reflection of the human’s live and death which consist of 40 stages, beside a spiritual meaning.

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