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Bugis agricultural mantras function as living ecological ethics and relational practices that sustain agrarian life by governing interdependent relationships between humans, nature, the community, and spiritual beliefs. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine how mantras in Bugis agricultural rituals operate as a living ecological ethic during rice cultivation in South Sulawesi.

August 22, 2026Asian Anthropology

Bugis agricultural mantras as living ecological ethics: ritual, relationality, and rice cultivation in South Sulawesi

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To examine how mantras in Bugis agricultural rituals operate as a living ecological ethic during rice cultivation in South Sulawesi.
Conducted an ethnographic and ecocritical investigation in Pinrang Regency, South Sulawesi.
Collected data via ritual observation, mantra documentation, and in-depth interviews with eight key informants (N=8), including farmers, sanro galung, and traditional elders.
Demonstrated that mantras serve as active relational practices that connect farmers with the land, water, crops, pests, cosmic time, and the divine.
Identified embedded ethical actions including asking permission from nature, respectful element naming, pest self-restraint, gentle rice handling, and seasonal adjustments transmitted through intergenerational memory.

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Ethnographic study reveals agricultural mantras function as relational ecological ethics in Bugis rice farmers, suggesting ritual practices sustain agrarian ecosystems.

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Thahir et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895fd3ca7ade938187ec78 https://doi.org/10.1080/1683478x.2026.2715853

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Ethnographic study reveals agricultural mantras function as relational ecological ethics in Bugis rice farmers, suggesting ritual practices sustain agrarian ecosystems.

Bugis agricultural mantras as living ecological ethics: ritual, relationality, and rice cultivation in South Sulawesi

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Bugis agricultural mantras as living ecological ethics: ritual, relationality, and rice cultivation in South Sulawesi

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