Corresponding author Jalan Ketintang, Surabaya, Central Java, Indonesia 60231 Email asha.arrasyid@gmail.com Construction of Cultural Resilience through the Exploration of Seblang Olehsari Banyuwangi Ritual Philosophical Value INTRODUCTION Cultural resilience has capacity from the community or diferent cultural system in order to absorb the disturbance and re-ar- range while having changes so that it can de- fend the key element from the structure and Komunitas: International Journal of Indonesian Society and Culture 10(2) (2018): 255-262 DOI:10.15294/komunitas.v10i2.15222 © 2018 Semarang State University, Indonesia p-ISSN 2086 - 5465 | e-ISSN 2460-7320 http://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/komunitas UNNES JOURNALS identity which secure its uniqueness (Healy, 2006). Cultural resilience is a multidimen- tional construction. The cultural resilience Asha 1 , Kholid Mabruri 2 , Nurul Komariah 3 , Ali Imron 4 1 Study Program of Communication Science, Faculty of Social and Law, State University of Surabaya 2 Study Program of State Administration, Faculty of Social and Law, State University of Surabaya 3 Study Program of Social Science, Education Faculty of Social and Law, State University of Surabaya 4 Study Program of Sociology, Education Faculty of Social and Law, State University of Surabaya Received: June 29, 2018; Accepted: September 1, 2018; Published: September 30, 2018 Abstract Seblang Olehsari Banyuwangi is a sacred ritual containing moral messages symbolized in symbols. The symbols need to be explored in order to be understood better and serve as a guideline for the community to implement collective norms as an effort to strengthen social solidarity. Strong social solidarity will strength- en cultural resilience to cope with the current globalization of culture. Recognizing that to construct social solidarity requires a comprehensive understanding of the philosophical aspects, so that Seblang ritual from the philosophical aspect needs to be studied more deeply. Therefore, this research aimed to explore the philosophical value of Seblang Olehsari ritual as cutural resilience. The benefits that can be taken, this research was expected to show to the society about the need to maintain Seblang Olehsari ritual as one form of efforts to maintain the local wisdom. The type of this research was descriptive with in-depth inter- view data collection technique and participant observation. The data analysis process used philosophical approach, then examined the validity of data with data triangulation. The results of this research could be concluded that the philosophical values of Seblang ritual could be categorized based on ritual property and ritual procession that has the value of recommendation appreciate the universe and maintain the balance of the environment and preserve the nature. The construction of cultural resilience of philosophical value was shaped by cultural value systems, changing adaptation, integration functions and social cohesion and transformative. Keywords cultural resilience; philosophical value; seblang olehsari ritual Article