02012nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001700054653002000071653001400091653001500105653002200120653003300142653003100175100001500206700001600221700001800237700001100255700001300266700001500279245014200294856011800436300001400554490000700568520115900575       2023                            d  c2023///10aSafeguarding10aLiving heritage10aIndonesia10aBanyuwangi10aliving manuscript10amanuscript-reading tradition10amocoan lontar Hadis Dagang1 aA. Iswanto1 aW. Indiarti1 aM.A. Noorbani1 aM. Nur1 aF. Mafar1 aS. Sunarti00aSafeguarding manuscript-reading tradition as living heritage through ritual: mocoan tradition of an Osing family in Banyuwangi, Indonesia  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85171803712&partnerID=40&md5=79cb4618b74c189864ee3e24312bac91  a160-171, 0 v183 aManuscript-reading tradition in Indonesia has recevied little attention by scholars, while in fact this tradition is still practised by communities, in various rituals which may be called ‘living manuscripts’. This study explains how the manuscript-reading tradition can be maintained and preserved as a living heritage. This study focuses on a manuscript-reading session related to a ritual – namely, the mocoan lontar Hadis Dagang – supported only by one Osing family in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia. The study was conducted based on the manuscript, manuscript-reading tradition and the associated ritual, thus requiring an interdisciplinary approach of manuscript studies, tradition studies and community studies. The findings indicate that – a tradition of manuscript reading maintained and preserved by a ritual – can be a living heritage and plays a role in safeguarding another intangible cultural heritage contained in these traditions. The ritual and manuscript-reading tradition, however, are under threat because the family members can no longer perform the manuscript-reading tradition, even though they support the tradition.