KHATULISTIWA: Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 9. No. 2 September 2019 DOI: https://10.24260/khatulistiwa.v9i2.1478 Change and Development in Nyadran Ritual Tradition in Yogyakarta 64 = KHATULISTIWA Journal of Islamic Studies Institute of Research and Community Service (LP2M) P-ISSN : 1412-5781 E-ISSN : 2502-8499 Volume 9, No.2 Sept 2019 DOI : https://10.24260/khatulistiwa.v9i2.1478 CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NYADRAN RITUAL TRADITION IN YOGYAKARTA Benny Baskara,Halu Oleo University, Kendari benbasku@gmail.com Vincamira Tasha F, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta tashaflorika379@gmail.com Ali Akbar Muhammad, Gadjah Mada University aliakbarmuhammad1998@gmail.com HIGHLIGHTS - The essential element of the nyadran ritual is visiting the graveyard to clean up the grave and praying for the ancestors buried in the grave. ARTICLE HISTORY ABSTRACT Submit : 10 June 2019 The nyadran ritual is a ritual usually conducted by Javanese Muslim to welcome Ramadhan or fasting month in the Islamic calendar. The essential element of the nyadran ritual is visiting the graveyard to clean up the grave and praying for the ancestors buried in the grave. However, in recent development, it seems that change and development are already happened to the nyadran ritual in some of its elements, such as reciting prayer together, parading the offerings to the graveyard, and end up with communal feast. The media construction is also influential, with the coverage of the nyadran ritual in Makam Sewu by various media, such as television, print media, and online media. Revision : 20 July 2019 Revision Minor : 25 July 2019 Accepted : 20 Sept 2019 Published : 29 Sept 2019 Keywords; Nyadran ritual, Commodification, Yogyakarta Copyright@2019 The Authors. Published by The Institute for Research and Community Service Pontianak State Institute for Islamic Studies This is an Open Access article under of CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0