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<p>This article examines the disappearance of the Keleman ritual in East Java as part of the ongoing agrarian transformation in rural Java. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 2019 in Wonokalang Village, Sidoarjo, the study combines participant observation, interviews, and oral histories to analyze how ritual change is linked to land conversion, shifting livelihoods, and changing religious orientations. The ritual documented during fieldwork was not performed again during a six-year follow-up period of observation, making it a significant case for understanding contemporary ritual discontinuity. The study shows that the decline of Keleman is closely connected to the reduction of rice fields, the growing importance of non-agricultural employment, and the weakening of intergenerational transmission of ritual knowledge. Drawing on Rappaport’s theory of ritual and ecological regulation and Grimes’ concept of ritualization, the article argues that ritual disappearance reflects not simply cultural loss but the reconfiguration of socio-ecological relations in rural Java. It proposes ecological memory as a way to understand how elements of agrarian knowledge persist through fragmented practices and collective remembrance despite structural transformations.</p>

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Beyond Ritual Loss: Ecological Memory, Land Conversion, and Agrarian Transformation in Java

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    2026年7月27日

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  • Al Furqon Al Furqon,
  • Kasman Kasman,
  • Aminullah Elhady,
  • M. Khusna Amal

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This article examines the disappearance of the Keleman ritual in East Java as part of the ongoing agrarian transformation in rural Java. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 2019 in Wonokalang Village, Sidoarjo, the study combines participant observation, interviews, and oral histories to analyze how ritual change is linked to land conversion, shifting livelihoods, and changing religious orientations. The ritual documented during fieldwork was not performed again during a six-year follow-up period of observation, making it a significant case for understanding contemporary ritual discontinuity. The study shows that the decline of Keleman is closely connected to the reduction of rice fields, the growing importance of non-agricultural employment, and the weakening of intergenerational transmission of ritual knowledge. Drawing on Rappaport’s theory of ritual and ecological regulation and Grimes’ concept of ritualization, the article argues that ritual disappearance reflects not simply cultural loss but the reconfiguration of socio-ecological relations in rural Java. It proposes ecological memory as a way to understand how elements of agrarian knowledge persist through fragmented practices and collective remembrance despite structural transformations.