Sinkretisme dalam Jampi Melayu Deli: Tinjauan Transformasi Budaya

Incantation owns a unique language style which is called as Jampi by Deli Malay society. The tradition of reading the incantation is basically aimed at facilitating any working activities. It is read before starting those activities. This study is thoroughly focused on the analysis of Deli Malay’s incantation existing in Deli Malay society around North Sumatera province. The goal of the study is to investigate the cultural transformation available in the incantation itself. Thus, the cultural tradition and syncretism method is applied to accomplish the research. All data gathered in the research are directly recorded from a soothsayer who reads the incantation. Those data are, then, analyzed by implementing syncretism and transformation approach. The conclusion of the study is that the incantation in Deli Malay is greatly influenced by animism-dynamism, Hindu-Budha, and Islamic traditions. Those influences are transformed through a syncretism concept.