UPACARA HAROA PADA MASYARAKAT BUTON ANTARA TRADISI DAN BUDAYA ISLAM

Abstrak

This study aims to describe the tradition of haroa in the Buton society. The method used in this study was the historical method which consists of: heuristics, verification, and historiography. The results of this study showed that haroa ceremony (baca-baca) was a thanksgiving ceremony for Buton Society. This ceremony could be identified with the ceremony of rejecting misfortune, namely to express gratitude to Allah Allmighty, which was held by almost of Buton Island society in general. The haroa ceremony in the Buton society had undergone a change which it was done together and then changed on a small scale and only limited to the main family. The values contained in haroa ceremony were religious values, cultural values and social values.

Kata kunci

• Buton society
• Haroa
• Tradition