Muhammad Dwi Kurniadi, Husmayani Muny Putri
This article aims to describe the bantai adat tradition as local wisdom to welcome the month of Ramadan for the Merangin Jambi community. A qualitative method with an ethnographic approach is used to study, understand and analyze the phenomenon of the people of Merangin Regency, especially in the bantai adat tradition related to religion. This article was written objectively from the results of participant observations, interviews and literature studies conducted in the Merangin Community. Traditional slaughter is a tradition of slaughtering livestock such as cows and buffalo which aims to welcome the month of Ramadan and is carried out a few days before the month of Ramadan. The values contained in the bantai adat tradition include social values, religious values and local cultural values. By getting to know the traditional slaughtering tradition of the Merangin people, it can make the public know about the traditions that exist in Jambi Province. © 2021, Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. All rights reserved.
Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia
