Peran Ritual Metompali dalam Pengobatan Tradisional Penyakit pada Masyarakat Wawonii di Desa Noko, Kecamatan Wawonii Timur Laut, Kabupaten Konawe Kepulauan,

Abstrak

This study aims to describe and understand the Metompali ritual practice as a traditional healing method still used by the Wawonii community in Noko Village, Northeast Wawonii District, Konawe Islands Regency. The Metompali ritual is part of a healing system that involves natural elements and spiritual powers, used as an alternative treatment when modern medical treatment is considered ineffective. This study uses a qualitative approach with data collection techniques through observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis is carried out continuously through a process of data reduction, data presentation, and verification and drawing conclusions according to the steps outlined by Miles and Huberman. The results show that the Metompali ritual plays an important role in maintaining the health of the Wawonii community as part of their ancestral cultural heritage and belief in supernatural powers. This ritual is carried out in certain places such as forests and involves elements such as incantati ons, herbal concoctions, and magical practices believed to be able to cure various diseases. In addition to being a treatment, this ritual also functions as a form of apology and respect for ancestral spirits and spirits. This research is expected to contribute to a deeper understanding of local wisdom in the public health system and as a form of preservinpg traditional culture

Kata kunci

• Local culture
• Ritual
• medicine
• metompali
• traditional