Maggelleng: A Study of the Ritual of Repelling Bala’ from Disease in the Community of Bulutellue Village, Sinjai Regency

Abstract

This study aims to determine the process of implementing the Maggelleng custom in Bulutellue Village, Sinjai Regency. This type of cultural research uses a qualitative descriptive method with data collection techniques in the form of observation, interviews, and documentation and is presented in the form of a description. The results of the study show that the process of carrying out the Maggelleng traditional ceremony is a traditional ceremony carried out from generation to generation which is addressed to the entire village, especially to children within a certain day in a month. In carrying out the Maggelleng traditional ceremony, it does not only highlight traditional rituals that connect human religiosity with nature, but this traditional ritual also contains spiritual values, moral values, solidarity values and aesthetic values in its implementation