Bugis, the Largest Tribe in South Sulawesi

South Sulawesi became home to a number of tribes in Indonesia. The Toraja, Makassar, Mandar Tribe, and the Tribe of the Bugis are the four largest tribes who came from the province. Alerts you to Know the Culture of the Bugis works Kapojos and Wijaya,

Bugis tribe is the largest tribe that inhabits South Sulawesi. The community of Bugis Tribe scattered in a number of areas, among others, Kabupaten Bone, Wajo, Soppeng, Sinjai, Bulukumba, Barru, Pare-Pare, Sidrap, in Pinrang, and in Luwu. Further, Kapojos and Wijaya explained that the Bugis included in the group are Malays Deutero or Malay Young.

The term refers to the population groups that migrated from the region of South Asia to the Archipelago in the days of the Metal around 3000 Bc (BCE) until 1200 BC. “The word Buginese derives from the word To Ugi which means the Bugis people,” said Kapojos and Wijaya in his journal.

Bugis tribe called have a culture that is distinctive and different from most ethnic groups in Indonesia. The uniqueness of the civilization of the Bugis in the past is mentioned in a number of literature and culture.

 “They (suku bugis) are the rare instance there is in the region of the Archipelago. They are able to establish a kingdom-the kingdom that did not contain the influence of India, and without established the city as the center of their activity,” wrote Chirstian Pelras in his book entitled Human Bugis.

The history of the Bugis in the script of the Sure’ Galigo

Sure’ Galigo is a manuscript of an anonymous form of myths or epics that tell a story about the origins of the Bugis. This manuscript became an integral part of the cultural identity of the Bugis. Refer to the writings of the Kapojos and Wijaya,

Sure’ Galigo tells the beginnings of human habitation of the land of the Bugis. According to the manuscript, this history started when the Batara Guru of Botinglangi’ (the world over) met with We’Nyelli timo of Buri’liung (the world below) in Tana Luwu.

 The script written in the ancient Bugis language. The community of Bugis Tribe considers manuscripts such as the book of the sacred. Meanwhile, the manuscript of La Galigo tells the story about the hundreds of descendants of the gods who live in six generations. Descendants are believed to live in the kingdom in South Sulawesi.

 Culture migrated Bugis

Reporting from the Bugis Culture and its Spreading in the Perspective of Cultural Anthropology works of Bandung, some of the people of Bugis-Makassar leave her hometown to wander. Members of the tribe migrated to various regions of the Archipelago, even to other countries.

This tradition has become a culture that is embedded in every member of the tribe. This tradition is estimated to have been going on since time immemorial. Kapojos and Wijaya mention the culture migrated to the Bugis had already started since the 17th century and 18th.

 According to Pelras, in the beginning of the community of Bugis drape life with farming. However, as the development of the times, this tribe is known to set up groups in other areas, especially in coastal areas. Bugis use phinisi or a kind of sailing boat to explore the ocean. This tribe is known as the sailors reliable in a number of areas.

Bandung also explained that the culture migrated originated from the desire of the Bugis community to leave the king arbitrary. Members of the tribe who left the king up to the Coast of West Malaysia, Sumatra, and other islands in the Archipelago.

Belief and religion Bugis

Reporting from the Public Trust Bugis Pre-Islamic works Ridhwan, Bugis adheres to genuine confidence is plunging through the generations before the arrival of the teachings of Christianity and Islam. The trust is a dogmatic teaching is intertwined with the customs of life of the various tribes.

Principal trust in the form of the customs of the ancestors who are generally animism and dynamism.

 “One manifestation of the confidence of the Bugis people of the past that describe the traits that lead to animism or dynamism which gaukeng,” wrote Ridhwan.

Gaukeng is a delicate creature that is believed to maintain a community. The figure can be everything that looks unusual. Further, Ridhwan also explained that the Bugis had received the teachings of the Hindu-Buddhist.

But the teachings of the religion don’t give a considerable influence in their belief system. Perlas explained that the Bugis pre Islam believe in one entity named the Gods Sisine. A spiritual entity that is believed as the God Almighty and eternal above all else.

 Gods Sisine be the beginning of the creation of the universe and other gods. The Bugis also believe that the descent of the Gods Sisine be the beginning of life in the world.

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