Environmental Elements in Bugis Agricultural Mantras: An Ecocritical Study

Agricultural mantras in Bugis society that are passed down orally between generations provide strong evidence of the interrelationship between humans, nature and spirituality in agrarian life. Bugis mantras contain various representations of ecosystem elements that reflect human relationships with nature and belief in supernatural powers. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse environmental elements in Bugis agricultural mantras. The method used in the study includes a qualitative descriptive approach with an ecocritical approach that includes tracing the environmental elements contained in the mantras. The findings of this study show that there are five environmental elements in the Bugis community's agricultural mantras, namely rice, paddy fields, sun, wind, and rain. The environmental elements reflected in the Bugis people's agricultural mantras have symbolic meanings that illustrate the connection between humans, nature, and God.