Every
culture and nation has a wisdom and special identity. Indonesia has many
ethnics which is spreaded from Sabang to Merauke. One of the biggest ethnics is
Bugis-Makassar located in South Sulawesi province. Culture of Marriage on this
ethnic is different with other ethnic. Before marriage, there are many traditions
that should be involved. One of them is Uang Pana’i where two family, both brides
and grooms’ family, set the amount of money that the groom family should give
to the bride family as "uang panai' ".in this time, the function of
the tradition have changed as shape of one's wealth to show their status in
society. Researcher tried to reveal a shift in this tradition. Researcher used
discourse analysis to reveal it. The Object used in this research is a film entitle
" Uang Panai' " Mahar (L). The meaning of Mahar is dowry and the
meaning of mahal is expensive. Actually "Uang Panai' " is not like
Mahar. There is different between them, but generally people do not know about
that. In this film we know how about " Uang Panai' " have influence
in society and impact to their life. There are some things that explain that
Uang Panai is used as a tool to show a person's prestige to show that they are
more deserving of higher honors than others. The higher the level of education,
degree, and social status then the money given as " Uang panai' "
must also be greater. This is part of the unwritten rule. A consideration is
needed to minimize the consequences of the high "Uang Panai'" desired
by the bride family.
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 27, 2017 |
Submission Date | September 11, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 |
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