Abangan (English spelling)

Japanese: アバンガン(英語表記)abangan
Abangan (English spelling)
A Javanese word referring to a Muslim who is not very devout. Devout Muslims wear white robes, so in Javanese they are called "white-robed people" (wong putihan), whereas less devout believers are called "red-robed people" (wong abangan). As a result, in Central Java the word has a derogatory nuance. From this folk concept, American cultural anthropologist Geertz constructed the following analytical concept: Abangan is a cultural type that emphasizes the animistic elements of Java's multi-layered beliefs (syncretism), which are made up of animistic, Hindu-Buddhist, and Islamic elements, and the social class that carries it is the peasant class of Central and Eastern Java.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
あまり熱心でないイスラム教徒を指すジャワ語。熱心なイスラム教徒が白衣を着るため,彼らをジャワ語で〈白衣を着る人wong putihan〉と呼ぶのに対して,あまり熱心でない信者を〈赤衣を着る人wong abangan〉と呼ぶことから生じた言葉である。そのため,中部ジャワでは人をおとしめるニュアンスをもつ。この民俗概念からアメリカの文化人類学者ギアツが次のような分析概念を構成した。すなわち,アバンガンとはアニミズム的要素,ヒンドゥー・仏教的要素,イスラム教的要素からなるジャワの重層信仰(シンクレティズム)のうち,アニミズム的要素を強調する文化類型で,その担い手の社会層は,中・東部ジャワの農民層であるとした。

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