LARANGAN PELAKSANAAN ADAT MANDI KASAI PADA RITUAL PERKAWINAN MASYARAKAT LUBUKLINGGAU DI MASA PANDEMI COVID 19

Abstract

This article discusses the prohibition of the implementation of the kasai bathing custom in the marriage rituals of the Lubuklinggau people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2020 Indonesia has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the government through the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) issued Circular Number: P-004 / DJ. III/Hk.00.7/04/2020 concerning Control of the Implementation of Marriage in the Emergency Period of Disease Outbreaks Due to Covid-19. Then what about the traditional ritual of Kasai bathing which must be abolished during the COVID-19 pandemic. So this paper analyzes the prohibition of the traditional ritual of Kasai bathing at the marriage ceremony of the Lubuklinggau community during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of this study, marriage is still carried out only with a marriage contract without any customary rituals. The purpose of this ban, which is to postpone traditional marriages during the COVID-19 pandemic, is a noble act because it saves many lives. Everything that gives rise to more mudharat should be shunned.