Transformasi Makna Tradisi Ma'nene' dalam Kehidupan Liturgis Umat Katolik: Sebuah Kajian Teologis dan Antropologis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58919/juftek.v10i1.404Keywords:
Contextual Theology, Inculturation, Liturgical Anamnesis, Ma'nene', Rites of PassageAbstract
This conceptual paper examines the transformation of meaning in Ma'nene', the Torajan ritual of exhuming, cleansing, and re-clothing ancestral remains, within the liturgical life of the Catholic community. Building on Bevans' six models of contextual theology and the anamnetic approach to liturgical memory, together with Van Gennep's rites-of-passage framework, the study addresses a persisting scholarly gap: prior research on Ma'nene' and Christianity has been conducted almost exclusively from Protestant-Torajan perspectives, leaving its Catholic theological-anthropological dimension underexamined. Employing a qualitative library research method that analyzes Second Vatican Council documents, prior peer-reviewed studies, and secondary demographic data, the paper maps Ma'nene' onto a tripartite separation-liminal-reincorporation structure and evaluates each of Bevans' models as applied to this ritual. The findings indicate that Ma'nene' occupies a contested space between syncretistic risk and legitimate inculturation, and that an anamnesis-based liturgical framing offers Catholic pastoral practice a coherent path to integrate ritus and ethos without doctrinal compromise. The paper concludes with pastoral-liturgical recommendations for dioceses serving Torajan-Catholic communities.
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