%A NIM.: 21300011051 Yusti Dwi Nurwendah
%O Prof. Dr. Wening Udasmoro, S.S., M.Hum., DEA dan Najib Kailani, S.Fil., MA., Ph.D.
%T POLITIK DAN SENSIBILITAS TARIAN SUFI
DI INDONESIA:
KOMUNITAS, GENDER, DAN EKONOMI RITUAL
%X This dissertation examines the politics and ritual sensibilities of
Sufi dance, focusing on community development, women's
involvement, and the commodification of religion in Indonesia. The
study centers on two communities: the Nusantara Sufi Dance
Community and the Mafia Sholawat Sufi Dance Community, both of
which have experienced rapid growth over the past decade. Although
founded by two different actors, each of these communities was
established by preachers who share a common profession. Both
promote Sufi dance performances associated with popular culture,
integrating these performances as a fundamental part of their religious
outreach. Data for this dissertation were gathered through a
phenomenological ethnographic approach over approximately one
year, involving twelve informants, including six key informants, three
beginner dancers, and three general audience members. The research
was conducted in Ponorogo, East Java, its surrounding cities, and
Semarang, Central Java.
The dissertation explores the development of Sufi dance in
Indonesia, emphasizing its political and sensibility dimensions. Here,
"politics" refers to two aspects: first, everyday politics, which involves
the diverse tactics and strategies dancers use to perform Sufi dance,
and second, practical politics, which pertains to interests and
connections with political elites. From a sensibility perspective, this
dissertation reveals that Sufi dance practice embodies the experience
of heightened religious sensitivity and sentiment. The study finds that
Sufi dancers situate their practice not only within a ritual framework
but also within a broader political context encompassing the
dissemination of Sufi dance, gender aspects highlighting how female
dancers claim public space, and economic dimensions related to self
and community development.
This study is positioned within academic debates on
embodiment, focusing on themes of sensation, emotion, and affect, as
well as on ritual economy involving commodification and ethical self
development. In this dissertation, embodiment studies are linked to
understanding the practice and experience of forming religious
sensations through sensory engagement, particularly through bodily
movements, sounds, and listening, as well as spatial and temporal
arrangements. Additionally, ritual economy connects public
performances of Sufi dance to encounters with the Islamic market,
commodification, and politics. The study argues that the popularity
and extensive spread of Sufi dance in Indonesia are closely tied to
intersections of politics, popular culture, and women’s participation in
public spaces. The presence of Sufi dance rituals in public spaces
signifies the importance of space in cultivating religious feelings that
activate affective bodies. Rather than merely focusing on bodily
movement and sound (and listening) as primary drivers of religious
sensitivity, this study shows a series of alignments in the form of
continuous conditioning of piety within an interactive process that coproduces
space. Ultimately, the main argument of this research asserts
that Sufi dance, as part of ritual performance, should not be viewed
solely as a form of commercial commodification but as a ritual process
that also generates experiences of sensibility and piety.
%K Sufi dance, politics, sensibility, ritual, embodiment,
gender, ritual economy
%D 2024
%I UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA
%L digilib69542