PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING AND PROCESS OF PROPHET MAULIDAN IN GORONTALO

Abstract

This article aims to reveal the implementation of the Prophets dikili or maulud activities according to the horizontal tradition. The assessment is carried out using a socio-cultural approach through literature search and empirical observations of any customary events related to adjudication. The results of the study show that based on reality, the social and cultural aspects of the Gorontalo people place dikili as something important and contains religious values in regulating the behavior of society. The norms of Islamic beauty are a symbolic translation of belief and understanding in God which is reflected in the dhikr formula.