<![CDATA[This research discusses about an oral tradition of Makalelon song of Tontemboan Minahasa ethnicity. This Makalelon Wakan is an originally traditional sub-ethnic song of Tontemboan Minahasa with lyrics in Tontemboan, Manado Malay and Indonesian, entitled 1) Minta Doa, 2 Tumembo Meko, 3) Di bawah Sinar, 4) Si Pisok Matelew-telew, 5) Sungguh Ibu, 6) Saaku Tumanei, 7) Bila Malam Tiba, 8 E Po’ok-po’ok, and 9) Saaku Cabow still continue being sung by the Minahasan people until now. From the research result, it is found that the Makalelon song has been the form of supplications and prayers to God, requesting expressions to ask for protection and a hope or petition to God, Opo Empung, a request from a child to parents (usually to his mother who bore), and love towards the hometown/village, longing to friends and relatives brothers in the village, miss will land born in a village in Minahasa . The songs passed down oral traditions’s messages from "the elders”, especially "from father and mother" to their children such expressions as: pray to each other, ask them to go home “back to the village”, fight to survive, keep on remembering the loved ones in the village, appreciate your mother’s sacrifice, pray and remember family in a far village, develop your village, struggling with this life and work hard to exist]]>
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