Everyone certainly wants to find a mate, because God has designed His followers in pairsso that they can live together or side by side, and love and maintain life goals that areoriented towards the hereafter. In Indonesia, early marriage is not a recent trend, even moreso in the Donggo community. This study aims to examine the causes of the waning of thesacred value of early marriage in Donggo District. Informants in this study consisted ofcommunity leaders, traditional leaders, youth leaders and perpetrators of early marriage.The design of this research is a case study research type with a qualitative descriptiveapproach. Purposive sampling was used in this study to identify locations and informants.Data collection techniques in this study were observation, in-depth interviews, anddocumentation. The collection techniques used include data reduction, data display anddata verification/conclusion. The findings in this study reveal that the factors that cause thewaning of the sacred value of early marriage are first; mass media, second; Education, andthird; modernization