Motif Peserta Pengajian Umum Dalam Tradisi Sedekah Bumi atau Manganan di Desa Sidorejo  kecamatan  Padangan Kabupaten  Bojonegoro.

Motives of Public Recitation Participants in the Earth or Manganan Almsgiving Tradition in Sidorejo Village, Padangan District, Bojonegoro Regency.

This research is entitled Motives of Public Study Participants in the Earth Alms or Manganan Tradition in Sidorejo Village, Padangan District, Bojonegoro Regency. This research describes two main problems, namely: What are the Motives of Participants in Public Recitations in the Earth Alms or Manganan Tradition in Sidorejo Village? This research aims to determine the motives of participants in implementing public recitations in Alms Earth in the form of public recitations in Sidorejo Village.

Researchers use Alfred Schutz's theory regarding the phenomenological approach which aims to study the symptoms of everyday human life without considering the question of causes, target reality, even their appearance. The type of research used is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The informants in this research were religious figures and village officials. Two key informants were used as informants and two Sidorejo village residents were supporting informants. The researcher himself was an instrument in the research equipped with data collection guidelines, namely observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. Data validity using data triangulation techniques. The data analysis technique uses coding techniques by Struauss and Corbin with three stages, namely open coding, coding and selective coding.

The results of the research show that the motives of the Public Recitation Participants in the context of earth alms or manganan in Sidorejo Village, Padangan District, Bojonegoro Regency were implemented well, as a form of thanksgiving for the good fortune they have, as village officials together with religious leaders and the community strive to always be able to carry out the earth alms tradition. or manganan which is filled with a series of recitations, tahlil and prayer together, and eating together (manganan) as well as a gathering place to strengthen harmony in society, religious figures play the role of leading recitations to facilitate the implementation of community togetherness in implementing the Sedekan Bumi or Manganan tradition, a culture which collaborates with religion.