THE EXISTENCE OF KING HOO PING THROUGH CULTURAL REPRODUCTION IN THE SURAKARTA CONFUSIONAL COUNCIL COMMUNITY IN THE MODERN ERA

Abstract

King Hoo Ping ancestral prayer is one of the main pillars of the cultural and spiritual identity of the Chinese Confucian community. This tradition faces various challenges of modernization and fragmentation of pluralism in Indonesia. This study aims to determine the process of cultural reproduction that occurs as a way to overcome these challenges. The study was conducted in the Surakarta Confucian Religious Assembly community. This type of research is qualitative, and data was obtained through interviews, observations, and literature studies. The study's results indicate that the reproduction process through the Surakarta MAKIN community forms the habitus of members by objectifying and materializing it into something recognizable. This is by re-presenting the King Hoo ping prayer tradition using symbols, procedures, meanings, and standard prayers. Objectification involves the exchange of cultural capital, social capital, and symbolic capital to support the reproduction process. This process will form individual habitus because there is the internalization of values ​​and knowledge about the King Hoo Ping tradition. Habitus will be re-emphasized through MAKIN with the formation of social values, cultural values, and spiritual values. So the tradition of King Hoo Ping prayer is considered an integral part of their habits in their social life that must be maintained amidst the currents of modernization and pluralism. Although there are innovations in terms of offerings due to modernization factors, local cultural interaction factors, and family factors. However, in its implementation in general, the King Hoo Ping tradition maintains its purity and sustainability into the future.