Perubahan tradisi ritual sedekah bumi seiring perkembangan zaman yang semakin maju berpengaruh terhadap perubahan-perubahan pada prosesi ritual tradisi sedekah bumi. Penelitian ini mendeskripsikan wujud kuasa dalam tradisi sedekah bumi yang ada di desa Growong Lor Juwana Pati. Menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan etnografi. Data dalam penelitian ini diperoleh melalui wawancara mendalam, observasi, dokumentasi dan pencatatan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan pelaksanaan sedekah bumi yang mengalami perubahan akibat kontestasi aktivitas politik. Faktor yang mempengaruhi terjadinya relasi kuasa dalam tradisi sedekah bumi adalah habitus dan arena (field). Pertama habitus terekspresi dalam bentuk pelaksanaan tradisi sedekah bumi yang tetap dilaksanakan dalam kurun waktu 20 tahun meskipun terjadi beberapa pergantian struktur politik penguasa. Kedua arena (field) yang didalamnya terdapat bahasa terekspresi dengan slogan sedekah merupakan pemberian tanpa paksaan/ suka rela yang diucapkannya secara berulang oleh kepala desa sehingga berdampak pada masyarakat yang mau memberikan sedekah secara suka rela.

ABSTRACT:

A change of ritual tradition, sedekah bumi, in the sheparticated era influenced on the changes of processions of ritual tradition, sedekah bumi. This research described the form of the authority in the tradition of sedekah bumi which in Growong Lor,Juwana Pati. It used qualitative research and ethnographic approach. The data of this research were obtained by spesifically interviewing, observing, documenting, and recording. The result of this research indicated that the implementation of sedekah bumi had undergone a change because of the contestation of political activity. The factors that that influenced the occurence of the authority relation in the tradition of sedekah bumi were habitus and field.
Firtsly, habitus was expressed in the form of the implementation of sedekah bumi tradition which was implemented continually for 20 years although there were several changes in the political structure of the ruler. Secondly, field, which consisted of language was expressed in slogan that alms is a contribution without a compulsion which was said frequently by a village chief.