Practice Social , Ritual , and Mechanism Inheritance Kidung Parasnabi as Living Manuscript in Life Community Trasne Jati in the village Lungs

Abstract

This study aims to examine the social practices, rituals, and inheritance mechanisms of the Kidung Parasnabi as a living manuscript in the life of the Trasne Jati community in Semparu Village. The Canticle Parasnabi is not only understood as a traditional text stored in manuscript form, but as cultural knowledge that is kept alive through the practice of reading, chanting, rituals, social interactions, and the process of intergenerational inheritance. This study uses a qualitative approach with an ethnographic perspective to understand the relationship between texts, cultural actors, ritual contexts, and the social environment of the community. Data were obtained through participant observation, in-depth interviews with key informants, primary informants, and supporting informants, as well as documentation of the practice of reading and chanting the Kidung Parasnabi .

        Data analysis was carried out interactively through data condensation, data presentation, as well as drawing conclusions and verification. The results of the study indicate that the sustainability of the Kidung Parasnabi is supported by three main dimensions, namely social practices that place the kidung as a medium of interaction and strengthening community identity; ritual practices that integrate the hymn into religious and traditional activities; and the inheritance mechanism that occurs through direct learning, imitation, repetition, involvement in community activities, and the transmission of knowledge from older generations to younger ones.

       Thus, the Kidung Parasnabi as a living manuscript demonstrates that the existence of a manuscript is not solely determined by the materiality of the text, but by the community's ability to continue reading, reciting, interpreting, practicing, and passing it on. This research emphasizes the importance of the Trasne Jati community as a primary agent in maintaining the sustainability of the Kidung Parasnabi as a living cultural heritage.