Competing Hierarchies
Javanese Merchants and the Priyayi Elite in Solo, Central Java
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5820686 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Brenner (corresponding author), Suzanne A Brenner |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 52 |
| Pages | 55-55 |
| Publication date | 1991-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indonesia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7289 • E-ISSN: 2164-8654 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3351155 |
| OpenAlex | W2327986430 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Everyone wants to be priyayi.The ones who are already priyayi want to become even more priyayi.The rich ones want to be richer.The ones with rank want higher rank.All of them are priyayi.Rank, wealth, title, that's what being priyayi is about.Any one of those alone, that's priyayi.Not to mention all three of them at once.Pre pare yourself, my daughter.The time has come."-Arswendo Atmowiloto, Canting (1986)The eighth month of the Islamic-Javanese lunar calendar is called Sadran, Sya'ban, or, more commonly, Ruwah.During this month, which directly precedes the Muslim fasting month (Ramadhan), Javanese villagers and city folk alike make individual and group visits to the grave sites of ancestors and other relatives, venerated Islamic teachers, mystics, legen dary figures, the first settlers of their villages, and any others from whom they wish to request blessings (nyuwun pangestu, nyuwun berkah), or for whose souls they wish to offer prayers.The ritual of visiting graves during this month is known as sadranan or ruwahan.Ruwah is the time when people return to their natal or ancestral villages to make offerings at the graves of their forebears, and make pilgrimages to grave sites too distant for a casual weekly visit on a Thursday night or Friday morning, the usual time to "send" (ngirim) flow ers, prayers, and incense to the spirits of the dead.It was toward the end of the month of Ruwah that I was invited to accompany several neighbors on a day-trip to Kotagede, in the Special Region of Yogyakarta.Early on a Mon day morning five of us piled into a chauffeur-driven passenger van belonging to the
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0.26 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2026 (32) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |