<![CDATA[The practice of raising swamp buffalo (hadangan) is one of the activities that supports economic life in South Kalimantan Province. One of the swamp buffalo farming centers that has become an inseparable part of the local community's economic identity is in Bararawa Village, Paminggir Subdistrict, Hulu Sungai Utara Regency. This study aims to describe and analyze the swamp buffalo maintenance system in Bararawa Village over the period 2017-2024. The study used a historical method consisting of four stages: heuristics, verification (source criticism), interpretation, and historiography. Primary data were obtained through interviews with 11 informants selected using a purposive sampling technique, supplemented by material sources such as kalang (buffalo pens), kelotok (motorized canoes), bamboo sticks, and buffalo ear-marking knives, as well as secondary sources in the form of books, journal articles, and official statistical data. The data were analyzed using Talcott Parsons's structural functionalism theory along with the concepts of autoplastic and alloplastic adaptation. The results show that the swamp buffalo maintenance system in Bararawa Village comprises seven main aspects: a combined grazing system of stilt pens (kalang) and open land; a feeding system relying on natural swamp resources; disease management through vaccination and support from the Animal Husbandry Office; pen construction using moisture-resistant wood; natural breeding without artificial insemination; a recording and identification system for buffalo through ear-marking; and a hereditary pattern of grazing-land ownership. It was found that the community applies two forms of adaptation simultaneously: passive autoplastic adaptation in adjusting to seasonal changes and the availability of natural feed, and active alloplastic adaptation through the construction of stilt pens, innovation in the ear-marking system, and active medical measures. This study concludes that the swamp buffalo maintenance system represents a form of local wisdom that continues to adapt to the dynamics of the swamp environment, although it still faces challenges related to land legality and the threat of livestock disease.]]>
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