NYANYIAN RAKYAT BUGIS:KAJIAN BENTUK, FUNGSI, NILAI, DAN STRATEGI PELESTARIANNYA

Amaluddin Amaluddin (FKIP Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare)

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya
Vol 38, No 1 (2010)

Buginese Folksong  is a cultural product of Buginese ethnic. As a cultural product, it has been used as a medium of art expression to   convey various things on Buginese life, as an addition to the people entertainment medium. This research is fo- cused on four aspects, namely (1) the form, (2) the function, (3) the value, and (4) the defensive or perpetuation strategy. This research includes a qualitative research which employs hermeneutics theory. Based on the result on the research it was found the Buginese Folksong in form of Makkacaping and Elong, that function as the critical media in the social life of Buginese society and  contain philosophical, religious, and sociological values