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This research aims to reveal one of the traditions of people in Tanjung Hilir Kerinci, the recitation of the Khutbah Gulung (lit: speech roll) every Idul Fitri and Idul Adha. This tradition have lasted for decades. The text was written in Arab Melayu using connected pieces of paper and then rolled on a piece of log. The text was made in two themes, one for Idul Fitri and another for Idul Adha. These texts have not changed since the first time it was written decades ago. This research is considered as field research with qualitative approach using ethnographic, historic, and content analysis method. After analyzing the content of the texts, it was found out that the recitation of Khutbah Gulung was not only part of a religious ritual, but also contain academic importance by educating the listeners on how to become a better individual. The contents of Khutbah Gulung is always connected to the aim of humanism education in order to make the members of the society a better individual who realize his rose as God-s highest order of creation, sent to earth to nurture, protect, and improve our nature. Researcher would like to conclude that the practice of Khutbah Gulung among the people in Tanjung Pauh Hilir have become part of their life and tradition, inherited from earlier generation and will be inherited by the next. It will be continued and become an icon of people in Tanjung Pauh Hilir Kerinci Regency.