Great Mosque of Sang Cipta Rasa Cirebon as Representation of the Muslim Community in Cirebon

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10.2991/978-2-38476-321-4_3How to use a DOI?

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Representation; Great Mosque of Sang Cipta Rasa; Cirebon

Abstract

Once upon a time, Cirebon became one of the stopovers for traders from various countries, such as Arab and China. This makes Cirebon one of the cities with a diversity of ethnic, cultures, and religions. This can be seen from several historical places in Cirebon that have various cultural patterns, such as Chinese, Hindu-Buddha, and Javanese-Islam cultural patterns. One of the historical places in Cirebon is the Great Mosque of Sang Cipta Rasa Cirebon. This mosque is the oldest and historic mosque in Cirebon city built by Wali Sanga to spread Islam in Cirebon among cultural acculturation found in Cirebon city. This study examines how the Great Mosque of Sang Cipta Rasa represents the society of Cirebon as Muslim community that holds Islamic values in existing cultural diversity. The aim is to explain how the process of the Great Mosque of Sang Cipta Rasa Cirebon represents the society of Cirebon as Muslim community. This research uses qualitative methods with a descriptive approach. The results show that Muslim community in Cirebon city is represented by existence of the Great Mosque of Sang Cipta Rasa through symbols, ornaments, and traditions in the mosque. The symbols, ornaments, and traditions have some meaning that represents Islamic values. It caused the Great Mosque of Sang Cipta Rasa Cirebon as a representation of Muslim community in Cirebon. Therefore, Cirebon society is known for its strong Islamic religion among cultural acculturation that exists in Cirebon.

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AU  - Dian Wulandari
AU  - Warto Warto
AU  - Bani Sudardi
AU  - Titis Srimuda Pitana
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/24
TI  - Great Mosque of Sang Cipta Rasa Cirebon as Representation of the Muslim Community in Cirebon
BT  - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Communication, Language, Literature, and Culture (ICCoLliC 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 20
EP  - 30
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-321-4_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-321-4_3
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