Ma'nene' Ritual" Ethnographic Study of Ma'nene' Ritual Practices in Toraja

Abstract

This research aims to examine the Ma'nene' Ritual Practice in Toraja. This study uses a qualitative method. This research is focused on describing an ethnographic study of the Ma'nene' ritual practice which can be seen from the lives of the Toraja people regarding symbols. The research results show that the existing symbols always have a clear meaning for the Toraja people. Ma'nene' is seen as local wisdom and a culture that is attractive to both the Toraja tribe itself and even people outside Toraja. The Ma'nene' ritual cannot be separated from religious and even social values, so that some of the meanings that must be understood from this article are what people meant by Ma'nene' in the past, namely; (1) Untundan mali'; (2) Unggassa'i pa'kaboro'; (3) Umpamarra' paumpuran; (4) Sometimes old'; (5) Umpaundi polean.