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Ritual Authority and Cultural Memory: Competing Narratives of Azan Pitu in Cirebon, Indonesia

Religious: Jurnal Studi Agama-Agama dan Lintas Budaya · Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026) · hlm. 181–202

DOI
10.15575/rjsalb.v10i2.44436
ISSN
2528-7249, 2528-7230
Terbit
2026-09-30
Penerbit
UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung
Bahasa
eng
Lisensi
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

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This study examines how conflicting narratives regarding the Azan Pitu contribute to the formation of ritual authority and cultural memory in Cirebon, Indonesia. It explores the tension between the seven forms of the muezzin that have become established in contemporary practice and the heterogeneous representations found in various textual, historiographical, oral, and contemporary sources. This study employs a qualitative historical design that combines document analysis, historical source criticism, comparative narrative analysis, and a corpus audit of eleven textual sources, editions, and historiographical works related to the Cirebon tradition, supplemented by documented oral traditions, contemporary research, cultural documentation, and media reports. The findings indicate that the corpus of texts under study does not provide a single consistent narrative regarding the Azan Pitu: one source describes a protective call to prayer performed by a single figure, while another source depicts disturbances, fires, or threats to the mosque without mentioning the involvement of seven muezzins. The concept of seven muezzins is most clearly documented in oral, academic, and contemporary media representations. Despite their factual differences, these narrative layers converge around recurring motifs such as crisis, sacred space, spiritual authority, sacred voice, protection, loss, and the restoration of order. These findings suggest that the authority of the Azan Pitu is best understood through the interplay of cultural memory, ritual practice, and various forms of transmission rather than through a single, recoverable origin narrative. As a conceptual contribution, this study proposes cumulative narrative legitimation to explain how historically non-identical and even contradictory narratives can remain associated with the same ritual and provide symbolic resources through which ritual authority is articulated over time.

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Wawan HernawanSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung2
Teddiansyah Nata NegaraSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung2
Yusandi YusandiSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung2
Tatang ZakariaSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Aini RohmahSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Yeni HurianiSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Zaid Tsabit Al KalatiniSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Abdul Hamid SaputraSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Tolib RahmatillahSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Abdul Fatah MiftahudinSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Nina Herlina LubisPadjadjaran University1
Nurwadjah Ahmad EQSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Mumuh Muhsin Z.Padjadjaran University1
Usman SupendiSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Asep Achmad HidayatSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Gelar Taufiq KusumawardhanaSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Chye Retty IsnendesIndonesia University of Education1
Supiana SupianaSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
M Taufiq RahmanSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Dadan RusmanaSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Wiryo SetianaSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Muhammad UtariSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Ilham Faisal HawariSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1
Puad BadruzzamanSunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung1

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