Wedding Custom Procedures of Wawonii People in Waworope Village, Wawonii Utara Sub-District of Konawe Islands Regency, The Province of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

This research aims to describe and analyze the wedding custom procedures of Wawonii people in Waworope Village, Wawonii Utara Sub-District, Konawe Islands Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province. The theory used to analyze the data in this research is theory of Structural Functionalism put forward by Brown (1955). According to the researchers, this theory can be used as a tool or instrument to dissect problems related to the customary marriage procedures of the Wawonii people in Waworope Village, Wawonii Utara Sub-District, Konawe Islands Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province. This study uses qualitative data types with ethnographic methods to understand the reality of research problems. Sources of data used in this research are primary data and secondary data. Primary data is field data collected directly from research informants. While secondary data were obtained indirectly from research informants, but through the results of documentation, photographs and literature studies related to the research title on the marriage traditional ceremony of Wawonii people in Waworope Village, Wawonii Utara Sub-District, Konawe Islands Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province. Data collection techniques in this research used ethnographic methods to collect field data. Data analysis in this research was carried out using emic and ethics. The results of this research showed that wedding traditional ceremony for Wawonii people in Waworope Village, Wawonii Utara Sub-District, Konawe Islands Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province consist of five stages, namely: (1) Melamasi (Tracking); namely the initial process in a series of marriage customs for Wawonii people; (2) Mompepanga (Proposal)); which is done after melamasi process is complete. At this stage the groom and bride sit together with the customary chief to determine the amount of the dowry, the need for the reception, and the time for the marriage contract to be held; (3) Tinasuka (Determination of dowry); where at this stage, the dowry is a gift given by the groom to the bride as a form of appreciation for the woman who will be his wife; (4) Kutika (Determination of an auspicious day for marriage contract; which is carried out after receipt of the proposal. and the provision of dowry and wedding expenses. Setting a good day for a wedding, namely considering a good day according to traditional leaders and local village priests; and (5) Mompakawi (Conducting marriage contract; which is the core process of a marriage so that it is legally religious and customary.