Amulet Development: Wifiq "Darkah Ya Ahlal Medina" from Magical Content to Visual Performance

Abstract

Some Indonesian people still believe that the amulet is a media that can protect them from evil. There are several types of amulets, one of them is wifiq. Which is the amulet in form of written and in Javanese it can be known as Rajah. Wifiqs is still used by santris as the way to seek refuge from their God. One of the wifiqs that they are widely used is wifiq "darkah ya ahlal medina". However, at this time there is a change in the function of wifiq. Which used to be very sacred but now wifiq can turn into something that is no longer sacred (profane). The phenomenon of the change in this function causes the tranformation of wifiq towards commodification. This study uses qualitative descriptive method and supported by Emile Durkheim's theory of functionalism. This transformation caused by the changes of the magical thinking in Javanese. The results of this study will open people's minds of the magical object can change into an object that has a consumptive function.

Adam and Eve’s Wifiq: From Mathematics to Transformation Practice

“…Therefore, the authors carry out a transformation of the existing wifiq, which in this study are Adam and Eve's wifiq. The goal in the wifiq transformation is so that wifiq can be used and adapted to today's era [2], although it changes the appearance but does not change the essence and existence of wifiq.…”