THE JAVANESE PHILOSOPHY OF MANUNGGALING KAWULA GUSTI IN SUNAN KALIJAGA’S KIDUNG RUMEKSO ING WENGI

Petrik Mahisa Akhtabi

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Abstract:Manunggaling Kawula Gusti is the embodiment of perfection that the Javanese culture wishes to covet. As a philosophy of life, manunggaling kawula gusti shows the closeness of the Javanese and their God; the unity of the two, so that it will always be upheld by anyone who claims their life as the true Javanese one. The kidung or song of Rumekso Ing Wengi is an art created by one of the well-known Walisongo, Sunan Kalijaga. The inherent syncretism within the Javanese culture makes the song something that stands in-between two fusing cultures. The fusion does not even reduce the sacredness between the two, but it actually adds the richness of and even produces a meaningful form of highly respectable culture. The study uses a descriptive qualitative method with data that is written as the kidung’s lyric itself. The obtained data will then be interpreted using the paradigm of Roland Barthes' semiotic theory which aims to form a new level of meaning for the song itself. The interpretation results in a discovery of expressive utterances that lead to the meaning of the Javanese philosophy of manunggaling kawula gusti. Through the interpretation of kidung’s lyrics, the philosophy of manunggaling kawula gusti can be grasped by the image of human embodiment which is formed on the unity of the chosen humans with high spiritual knowledge and manners.

Keywords: Manunggaling kawula gusti, semiotics, human existence

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