cangkuang temple
Cangkuang temple is a shrine to the
Hindu concept of the 7th century AD and 8. Built, right in the middle Situ
Cangkuang, Garut, West Java. There is the ritual in the temple as a form of
Sundanese cultural proximity to Hinduism since ancient kingdom of Taruma State.
This is evident from the habit of ritual celebration of the days after death
and ancestor worship (Mangle, August 28, 2003).Until now, the attitude of
respect for the spirits of ancestors are still considered to save the
indigenous tradition. A blend of Hinduism and cultural values that are typical
of the community known as the Sunda Sunda Teak trust or confidence syncretic; a
concept that connects the belief-ancestral spirits, Hinduism, and Buddhism in
order to establish the regularity of their lives.Teak Sunda convergence is not
just culture and religion. Even for indigenous Kampung Pulo near the temple
Cangkuang, Sunda Teak is a cultural oasis. For safety together, understand the
culture of indigenous people with magical powers-spiritual. How sacred temple
visible from the public on customary norms of consistency.For them, cultural or
historical heritage objects contain supernatural powers which in turn became
the center of life. On the basis of that view, Cangkuang Temple building
believed to contain the spirit of ancestors. So honor is the most noble custom
behavior.Such a view is not timeless. Even has built a cultural construction
that is born of the spirit and tradition of engagement. Basically, it's a
spiritual and sometimes magical, mythical story. But the struggle is too strong
influence of human life. As if the future of civilization depends on it.After
the Kampung Pulo started mengakrabi Islam, belief Teak Sunda still considered
an important part of indigenous consciousness. Respect for the temple Cangkuang
never replaced. Culture is maintained as a shared space without conflict,
difference and social unrest.Although Islam has become the religion of
traditional Kampung Pulo, the habit of celebrating the ritual after the death
and give incense and flowers for the purpose of drawing nearer to the ancestral
spirits still preserved so that harmony is born of social equilibrium is always
qualifies the customs system.Exactly on the south side of Temple Cangkuang,
standing upright headstone eat Arif Muhammad, Islam figures first Kampung Pulo.
Side by side without any extinction. In the atmosphere together, there is an
indisputable truth. That is, when there is openness about the struggle of
identity or difference.Cangkuang the Hindu temples tend to ignore the problem.
Similarly, Mohammed Arif gravestone receive kehinduan Cangkuang Temple as the
presence of meaning. Meaning that will be stuck without a conflict of culture,
human solid and reassuring.In addition, Temple Cangkuang Arif Mohammed's tomb
and headstone are the two traditional sources of Kampung Pulo almighty. Both
provide orientation that can inspire keajekan traditionality, accept what is in
an atmosphere of respect for others. From it, the issue of identity has never
appeared. As with any disputes that never existed.
In everyday life, indigenous peoples believe in Islam as a
religion. But at the same time also agrees Hindu ritual. Such behavior is
probably the most humane of cultural meaning. Traditions are born rather than
on the basis of the human ego, but rather through the fusion of the meaning of
the spirit-ancestors, nature, and human norms. That way, understand the culture
of the plan must be beyond all human certainty. Also, it is necessary to bring
the meaning of each symbol of the culture, myths and ancestral heritage to
create a life without conflict.Perspective on such implicit clear Cangkuang
Temple building. Not only does it show Like the exotic side of the historic
temple. But is believed to round out the differences and fight identity.
