%0 Journal Article
%@ ISSN : 1412-2634
%A SYAMSUL KURNIAWAN, -
%D 2013
%F digilib:11803
%J RELIGI JURNAL/Vol. IX, No. 1, Januari 2013
%K Keywords : Serapah, Malay Society, Kampung Saigon, Pontianak City
%T SERAPAH DALAM MASYARAKAT MELAYU  KAMPUNG SAIGON KOTA PONTIANAK  
%U https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/11803/
%X Serapah for the Malay people of Kampung Saigon, Pontianak, is believed  to have magical powers with several purposes such as to protect  themselves and property, weaken the enemy, conquer women  and so forth. This study therefore aims to describe the actual practice  of Serapah spell as observed by the Malay of Kampung Saigon.  In reality, animism and dynamism have contributed to a strong conviction  about the efficacy of Serapah in the everyday life of Malay  people of Kampung Saigon. Such a conviction in turn allows oral  development of Serapah from one generation to another. Serapah as  practice of incantations which are growing in this place, not only  shows an old cultural phenomenon alive today, but also displays a  form of religious expression in the Malay community. There is even  a provision that the Serapah must be started with reading Basmallah  (Bismillah) and closed with the phrase “Berkat doa Laailahaillallah  Muhammadarrasulullah”.