Cultural of Siri' Na Pacce

“The Culture of Siri' Na Pacce Bugis Makassar In South Sulawesi”

South Sulawesi, the province is bordered by Central Sulawesi and West Sulawesi to the north, which is divided into 21 regencies and three independent cities, also has a diverse range of ethnic groups between the Buginese, Makassar, and Toraja. Likewise, there is a culture that has been famous even around the world knowing about it, which namely Siri Na Pacce.

Social and culture in south-sulawesi for making an interactions or relations each other has a term Siri and Pacce (Siri na Pacce), Which is inheritance in the community in south-sulawesi. It will show character or personality of people in south-sulawesi. Although in their development, this cultural of Siri Na Pacce identified as a Bugis Makassar Culture, but in fact this culture has become a culture for all tribes in South-Sulawesi, Such as Toraja and Mandar tribe and the other tribes, Where they have the ideological and philosophical for interacting to another community, wherever and whenever they are.

                Furthermore, This culture is one of important things, that people in south-sulawesi must have in their live and the other activities, because it has become the core of culture also has already ingrained within soul of human in south-sulawesi. However, citizen can be inspired by Siri Na Pacce for guiding their live will be better and full of responsibility to do something, what they are believed. The concept of culture is a concept cultural with high noble values, which include honesty, commitment, intelligent, policy, and the human dignity, the achievement, putting obligations first the rights,  shame,  and has high solidarity are a part of the culture concept of Siri Na Pacce.

                The other hand, Siri Na Pacce has correlated between values of human being as well as dignity between the families. It means that something avoidance for us to disobey, because wagering is a soul. As a instance, the case of hardness like treatment or homicide, where the families of victim felt that their dignity (Siri’na) should be required to erect them again. Although, the subject had to kill or be killed with blood, which lives debt must be paid with their lives. However, people of south-sulawesi believed that people who have been killed because enforcing Siri’ the death is martyrdom, or what they refer to as Risantangi or Mate Mate Rigollai, which means his death is like death wrapped coconut milk or sugar, and that is true warrior.

                Eventually, Siri na Pacce is a concept though of law and philosophical system of people in south-sulawesi, that is believed as the sacred. Siri Na Pacce are two words that cannot be separated from the south-sulawesi character in real life in this world. What a sacred word, that if someone lose their Siri’ or De’ni Gaga Siri’na (Language Makassar), it means he’s no longer taking human life. Even the Bugis Makassar argued that they were “Sirupai Olo’ Kolo’e (Like Animals). Bugis adage says : Siri’mi narituo (Because shame we can live).