Festival of Maulid, birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, is one of Islamic popular events mostly held in pesantren. It was a heritage initially acknowledged by the Dinasty of Fatimiyah (909-1171 M). At the beginning, the Dinasty used the festival of Maulid to catch the fancy of Moslems to support their authority on Islamic leadership. Eventually, Moslem intellectuals started to scrutinize the fest…