Sunan Bonang have real names Makhdum Sheikh Maulana Ibrahim Ali son of Raden Rahmatullah Sunan Ampel bin Sheikh Ibrahim Asmaraqandi. Shaykh Ibrahim Asmaraqandi grandfather Sunan Bonang real name is Ibrahim Al-Ghazi bin Jamaluddin Hussein is a prominent scholar of Turkish-Persian descent from Samarkand region, in the land of Uzbekistan. At the end of the 14th century, Sheikh Ibrahim Asmaraqandi living in Yunnan, South China. Name Sunan Bonang accommodate his grandfather Ibrahim Al-Ghazi.
While the female lineage, his mother named Dewi Candrawati called Nyai Ageng Manila, the daughter of the Aryan Teja, a Duke Tuban stand during the Majapahit Kingdom. Sunan Bonang was born in 1448 AD in Tuban, and has eight siblings, one of whom Raden Qasim who holds Sunan Drajat. Sunan Bonang youth was spent to gain knowledge from his father, Sunan Ampel. Additionally, Sunan Bonang also studying the Sheikh Maulana Ishak, from the kingdom of Samudera Pasai, Aceh. Sunan Bonang known as a propagator of Islam who mastered the science of jurisprudence, usuluddin, mysticism, art, literature, architecture and science superiority.
When entering the tomb complex Sunan Bonang Kauman residing in Hamlet, Village Kutorejo, Tuban, pilgrims will see physical evidence, among others, there are three arches. Regol shaped first gate, the second and third Paduraksa shaped. Gate which has a style of Hindu-Buddhist pilgrims as signaling complex has entered a holy place, or the tomb of one of the essential building a guardian who was well respected.
Entering the second gate, visitors will see Astana Mosque Bonang, as Zawiyah (seclusion) Sunan Bonang. To the north of this mosque, we can see Paduraksa gate, the third gate in the area of this cemetery. In the second and third gate, there garnish plates with floral ornaments and Arabic script. The paper was written the name of one of the four caliphs, among others, the caliph Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali. There are about 30s plates with floral ornaments that adorn the gate Paduraksa. Pilgrims also can see the wall color with 15 porcelain plates.
After that pilgrims will meet with hundreds of tombs with footpaths that has been roofed and directions to the tomb of Sunan Bonang cupola. Cupola tomb of Sunan Bonang located on the lower ground. Looks a little stone staircase and a door of teak heading into Sunan Bonang. The pilgrims who visited the tomb of Sunan Bonang sitting cross-legged and reading literature such as Letter Yasin and Tahlil. However, pilgrims can also read wird form of surah Al-Fatihah 50 times, Surah Al-Ikhlas 50 times, shalawat 300 times. Reading is a favorite wird Sunan Bonang during his lifetime.
Around the area there Sunan Bonang bale-bale (pavilion paseban, Rante pavilion, and the pavilion canopy) Sunan Bonang legacy when he carry out educational and religious symbols. The pavilion building a pyramid shape, pedestal-base with white and made from fish bones. The existence paseban building, the typical pleasure carvings Sunan Bonang beautiful with leaf tendrils motifs and ornaments tumpal, as well as some ancient relics such as jars, yoni, pipisan and stone coffin stored in the pavilion Rante.
Sunan Bonang did the spread of Islam in a way unique and different from other sunan. Sunan Sunan Bonang is one which is known not only ingenious and flexible in preaching, but he is also known to have a great karamah according to the Java community. According to Agus Sunyoto, propaganda Sunan Bonang disebuah Singkal areas, Nganjuk held a rival feast ceremony performed by a religious ceremony Tantrayana high-ranking Majapahit Bhairawa sect known as Tantra.
Tantric religion is a religion that worships the goddess of the earth, goddess motherland, and durga, goddess of the river. Worship with them if sitting in a circle at Setra. An biggest Setra contained in Majapahit called Setralaya, now called Troloyo. Ritual with a circle is called the ceremony Panca Makara or commonly known as the Molimo (Mamsha means meat, fish Madsya means, Madya means liquor, Maytuna sexual means, Mudra means meditation).
So in the ceremony female male naked, in the middle of the circle there are foods made from meat, fish and liquor. Once completed, then their intercourse together. After their desires fulfilled, in a state without their lust doing meditation. When it reached the highest level of animal flesh Mamsha replaced with human flesh, Madsya of regular fish replaced by fish Suro, and Associate of liquor replaced with human blood. One pastor Bhairawa famous Tantra is Adityawarman. In Kediri, East Java, are adherents of the largest inland Bhairawa Tantra.
Seeing the ritual, Sunan Bonang match by making the same event in the area Singkal, Nganjuk, East Java. In these places, he held a similar ceremony, participants form a circle and all men and pray. The ritual is called the feast or selametan. The program then evolved from one village to another. For having successfully led the ritual, then Sunan Sunan Bonang earned Wahdat Cakrawati, (master of ceremonies circular). The title Wahdat Cakrawati or Sunan Sunan Wahdat Anyakrawati given because historically, Sunan Bonang not married.
Sunan Bonang was appointed as the first imam Masjid Demak, and the title of Master of the Holy Imam. The success of his preaching assisted by Sunan Kalidjaga which gives local color at religious ceremonies such as Eid, the celebration of the Prophet's Birthday, and warning the Islamic New Year. Sunan Bonang succeeded in creating human cultural assimilation more civilized and do not leave the original characteristics of Javanese culture.
Sekaten and Grebeg Mawlid is a cultural heritage that was created Sunan Bonang. In the world of puppetry, puppet carangan several plays has been composed with the rules of Islam, such as Petruk Dadi Ratu, Layang Kalimasada, Dewa Ruci, Pandu Pragola, Semar Mbarang Jantur, and Mustakaweni.
In the world of literature, Sunan Bonang profilik known as a poet and a writer of aesthetic treatise known Sufi mysticism. Music world did not escape his touch, Javanese gamelan composed by inserting new instruments such as the fiddle Arab and kempul Campa then called bonang. Bonang is a kind of brass will find the center. When hit with a lump of wood will cause a soft melodious voice in the listener's ear can even thrilling. Present his composition gamelan orchestra music polyphonic mediating and contemplative. As maestro cultural reformer, Sunan Bonang make some ballad like Tombo Ati legendary in the ears of the people of Indonesia.
In the world of architecture, Sunan Bonang role in providing one of the four pillar of Masjid Agung Demak in 1478 AD. Sunan Bonang is a teacher of Raden Broken son of King Brawijaya V Majapahit, teacher of trustees as Sunan Kalijogo. Sunan Bonang died in 1525 AD.
