MARRIAGE PROHIBITIONS AMONG COASTAL AND MOUNTAIN MANDAR TRIBES: A STUDY OF GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENCES

Abstract

Marriage is a common sunnatullah and applies to all His creatures, both humans, animals, and plants, while the Mandar religious community sees marriage as more than just an internal and external bond between a man as a husband and a woman as a wife. Marriage is considered a family relationship involving both the man's family and the woman's family. This study is a qualitative study, with a phenomenological approach. Traditional marriage in the Mandar tribe still takes into account marriage between social levels, so that the customs and traditions of Mandar marriage culture still maintain the tradition of matchmaking that has been passed down from generation to generation. The interaction between coastal and mountainous communities in their daily lives is well established, although it cannot be denied that in the process of interaction there are differences or social stratification. The basis of people's understanding of the prohibition of marriage for coastal and mountainous Mandar is based on geographical differences. Coastal communities are considered to have a higher social strata than mountainous communities, so that those who violate this tradition will be considered to have committed a violation and they are never considered in the family or never born in this life.