Making Peace With Local Wisdom: Education For Indigenous People Of Tana Toa Kajang, Bulukumba, South Sulawesi

Abstract

Getting an education is the right of every citizen wherever he is and from whatever socio-cGetting an education is the right of every citizen wherever he is and from whatever socio-cultural background he grows. However, in many regions of Indonesia both due to geographical, economic, and socio-cultural issues, the basic rights mentioned above can not be realized. One community group whose children can not go to school because economic and socio-cultural reasons is the Tana Toa or Kajang indigenous people in South Sulawesi. One of the reasons is related to formal school procedures that are contrary to the habits of the Kajang community. One of them is about clothes that Kajang people are generally very sacred black color, while in school must wear red (SD) and blue (SMP). Using ethnographic study to understand Ammatowa Kajang and content analysis, which attempts to analyze educational problems in Tana Toa Kajang, this paper seeks to understand a number of issues in indigenous education. With this method, this paper will identify various educational issues in the Tana Toa Kajang custom area and formulate a number of policies and initiatives that can be undertaken to address the problem.