The Meaning of Carnival Expel Epidemic Covid-19: Case Study Community Kelenteng Hian Thian Sian Tee and Hok Tek Bio in Welahan Jepara Central Java

This paper is based on writings that are description Khonghucu people in Kelenteng Hian Thian Sian Tee (Dewa Langit) and Hok Tek Bio (Dewa Bumi) at Covid-19 era in Welahan, Jepara City, Central Java. This research based on interview and participative, observation, and literature by approach description analysis. Result, effort people Khonghucu pandemic covid-19 era heirloom carnival purpose expel the plague (pagebluk covid-19) to be comfortable safe sosial at local and national. Carnival every Saturday night until April-November 2020 and every two weeks until Desember 2020 until now. Carnival by surround the Tionghoa village and Kelenteng so far 2 kilometers. Start and finish carnival in Kelenteng Hian Thian Siang Tee Gang Pinggir Pasar No.4. This kelenteng exist 5 kimsin (Kong Co Hiang Thian Siang Tee/Patung Dewa), referensi 120 medical prescription China vertion, a sword (pedang Tiongkok), bamboo fortune telling (ciamsi) by 49 poem, Po Kiam Hip lauw (ashtray, tempat abu), a volume of medical books (tjioe hwat). The meaning ornaments for carnival black flag, sword, rupang dewa, incense (dupa), and hio.

Wianki i wieńce w kulturze ludowej – symbolika i magia. Zarys problematyki

[Garlands and wreaths in folk culture – symbolism and magic. An outline] The paper analyzes symbolic and magical significance of garlands and wreaths in folk culture. It takes into consideration their shapes and component parts as cultural codes. It presents examples of using woven plants in folk practices, both in rites of passage and in magical activities (fortune-telling, protective magic). It also includes basic analysis of the symbol of a garland in folk songs.

What Luck!

Who is the luckiest person in the world? What do we mean by ‘luck’? Luck is usually treated as something persistent, a quality that attaches to people, places or objects. We feel that luck should be balanced, that the wheel of fortune should always rotate to balance things out, but it doesn’t. Fate is a powerful and related idea that destiny pre-ordains the course of our lives. Fortune-telling techniques purport to get a glimpse of fate and to see hidden truths. Somewhat paradoxically, most kinds of divination make use of random methods. The paradox of fairness is explained. It seems, though, that what distinguishes self-described lucky people from those who consider themselves unlucky is a question of attitude, of how one interprets the chance events that have filled our lives.

From Chiromancy to Psychochirology

The works of Julius Spier, a pupil of C.G. Jung, provide a perfect case study illustrating the psychologization of chiromancy during the Interbellum. His case also highlights a lack of insight in the way in which hand-reading has evolved in Europe since the nineteenth century. After its appearance in the West, the art of reading hands has generally been referred to as chiromancy (hand divination, i.e. fortune-telling through reading the palm). Thanks to the work of the French captain Casimir S. d’ Arpentigny, published first in 1843, chirognomy (the study of hand forms) has become an important aspect of hand-reading. Afterwards, Adolphe Desbarrolles distinguished a chirognomic and a chiromantic aspect on a hand-analysis, whereupon either chirology (the study of the hand) or chirosophy (wisdom of the hand) became the umbrella terms for the “twin sciences” chiromancy and chirognomy. Spier, however, juxtaposed chirology and chiromancy before branching off with his novel method entitled psychochirology.