STICKING WOOD CALLIGRAPHY CARVING AS A FORM OF HUMAN
INTERACTION WITH THE QURAN (A CASE STUDY OF JEPARA SOCIETY)4940
The Quran, the revelation of Allah
which provides meanings and guidances for His entire servants is His means to
get communication with them. Thus, although in different model or capacity,
every Muslim has been getting interaction with the Quran of course. The Quran
is the heart of Muslims life. It fulfills many of functions in Muslims life.
For them, there is no great activity except which God himself engages in. It is
evident that activity of committing the Quran, reciting, writing, listening and
memorizing regarded as acts of great spiritual merit. Some of the Quran phrases
are recited at great occasions and in the most humble circumstances of daily
life. Moreover, it regarded as alive and has quasi human personality. It was
always treated with enormous reference.
Likewise wood calligraphy carving,
for part of Jepara society, it is a visual form of Allah word (the Quran) that
regarded as sacred thing that also should be treated as well as the Quran. But
nevertheless, as Herbert Blumer, an American sociologist says thing will be
different object for different people, hence wood calligraphy carving also will
be a different object for different people. They act toward or get interaction
with wood calligraphy carving on the basis of the meanings they ascribe to it.
For most of industrialists and
carvers, wood calligraphy carving is the source of their life. They carve and
produce it just for making a living. They dont care about the meaning of it.
The important for them is it is effectual. Whereas DOWNLOAD
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