Romance and Love Story in Bugis People: A Perspective fromI Daramatasia

I Daramatasiais a well-known story in Indonesian archipelago including Malay, Java, and Sunda. Therefore, especially for Bugis society in South Sulawesi, it has distinctive values that are different from other places in Indonesia. To discuss this classical literature, Bi-Weekly Forum #28 Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences of UIN Sunan Kalijaga held a virtual seminar entitled "Siriq na Pesse(honor and solidarity) and Islamic values in the text of I Darmatasia”.

The author,Dr. Mustari, M.Hum, is an alumnus of the Doctoral Program of Arabic Language and Literature of UIN Sunan Kalijaga and a lecturer at the Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences of UIN Sunan Kalijaga. The discussion held on Friday, April 8, 2022, was moderated by Dr. Maharsi, M.Hum. Prof. Dr. Suwardi Endraswara, M.Hum. the chief of Himpunan Sarjana-Kesusastraan Indonesia (HISKI) and Dr. Dafirah, M.Hum, a senior lecturer at Departement of Lingustics of Hasanuddin Universitas (Unhas), Makassar, South Sulawesi were invited to present their perspective on the Dr. Mustari’s work.

The Dean of Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Dr. Muhammad Wildan, opened the discussion and followed byDr. Aning Ayu Kusumawati, S.Ag., M.Si.from HISKIUIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta chapter.

Prof. Suwardi explains thatI Daramatasia is Indonesian classical literature about sexuality. In addition, Dr. Mustari in this dissertation states that the text itself not only talks about sex but also about the gender relation between men and women. It is classical literature that familiar among Bugis society as folklore and, at the same time, became archaeo-anthropology of Indonesian classical literature.

In conclusion, the author states that I Daramatasiais a very popular story and has an important position in the lives of the Bugis people in South Sulawesi. With Levi Strauss's theory of structuralism,I Daramatasiais closely related to the cultural value ofSiriq na Pessewhich is opposing sharia values. This can be interpreted as an effort by the Bugis to reconcile the two values between traditional values on the one hand and sharia values on the other hand.