A Semiotic Analysis of the Mappamula Tradition in Soppeng District Indonesia

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10.2991/978-2-38476-394-8_28How to use a DOI?

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Tradition; Mappamula; Sanro Ase; Semiotics; society

Abstract

The Maccile Village community has a mappamula tradition which means starting, called starting because this is the beginning of the rice harvest. The mappamula tradition is a tradition that is a means of praying to the creator and the goddess of rice so that the resulting harvest has quality, abundant rice, blessings and continues to get good harvests on rice fields owned by landlords who carry out the mappamula tradition. The purpose of this research is to explain the process of implementing the mappamula tradition, and the meaning of symbols contained in the mappamula tradition. This type of research is qualitative research by examining semiotic analysis, with reference to the theory expressed by Charles Sanders Peirce. The results of this study indicate that in the mappamula tradition consists of three series of processional stages, namely; the first stage of preparation including: preparing and completing equipment. second implementation including: cleaning yourself and praying, purifying rice, cutting rice, tying rice with bark and sowing popcorn. the third final stage is storing rice in the center of the house or the middle of the building. The symbols contained in the tradition are, parakuyan or pottery as a symbol of strength and sturdiness, incense as a symbol of faith or belief, fragrant oil as a symbol of cleansing to purify, sengkeru or woven leaves as a symbol of settling and blessing, bark as a symbol of benefits and life, betel leaves as a symbol of means of offering or connecting in prayer, waru leaves as a symbol of quality, areca nut as a symbol of goodness, coconut as a symbol of taste and pleasure, brown sugar as a symbol of sweetness and popcorn as a symbol of calling.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muh. Fatkhu Muharram A. Sibadu
AU  - Mursalim
AU  - Muliadi Mau
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/05/19
TI  - A Semiotic Analysis of the Mappamula Tradition in Soppeng District Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Linguistics and Cultural Studies 5 (ICLC-5 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 238
EP  - 247
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-394-8_28
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-394-8_28
ID  - Sibadu2025
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