Reflection of the Cosmology of the Headband of the Selo Community on the Sedekah Gunung Merapi

摘要

This study aims to understand and explain the aesthetic symbol of headband worn by the Selo people in the Merapi mountain alms ritual in relation to cosmology. Using interdisciplinary theoretical studies, with a qualitative descriptive approach, the author tries to explain this problem holistically and deeply. There are eleven kinds of headbands worn by the Selo community in the Mount Merapi alms ritual ceremony, which function pragmatically, aesthetically, ethically, which has a social and transcendental dimension. The square shape of the headband symbolizes the four passions that exist in human beings, namely, anger, aluamah, sufiah, and mutmainah. The four passions are managed in harmony to protect the mind. The square sheet is diagonally folded into a triangular shape with three angles that reflect the cosmological attitude of the Selo people, who always try to maintain the harmony and regularity of the relationship between the environment, humans, and God. On the other hand, the triangle shape is also meant as a symbol of integrity, namely the union between mind, feeling, and will in humans. It can be concluded that in the aesthetic symbol the headband reflects the views of the society towards its cosmos.