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By:TIARA SUHARYATI
N I M : 1352141010
CLASS : ENGLISHLITERATURE A
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Bissu is the pst!" #h! $!es %!t h&e
gender '"!up i% the t"$iti!%( )e(ie*s he($ )ythe +!,,u%ity Tolotang Amparita Sidrap i%Bugis s!+iety !* South Sulawesi, Indonesia-
There is also another term bissu, Bissu word
is derived from the word mabessi in Bugis,which means clean or pure, because it hasno breasts and no menstruation. As theimplementation of the holy interpretation,
they should not be dating, married, and adesire to get rid of her sexuality.
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• While some people say that the same Bissuwith transsexual / transvestite. In the Bugislanguage called calabai or Kawe-Kawe whichmeans transgender female!male,hermaphrodite". To be Bissu the calabai mustpass through the selection and specialceremonies. #ot all transgender can be Bissu,but all transvestites have a chance to beBissu, to have the talent and grace or call theheart of the gods. Basically all Bissu istransgender calabai in Bugis".
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• #o one $nows for sure where the %rst appearancebissu tradition. But the history of the origin can
be traced bissu using existing data in the boo$ LaGaligo. In this boo$ it is said that the existence ofBissu in human history is consideredcontemporaneous with the birth Bugis itself.
• When Batara Guru as a human in sure'La GaligoBugis, down to earth from the world overbotinglangik " and met with the &ueen We NyiliTimo derived from the underworld borikliung", incon'unction with the %rst down is also a Bissu
named Lae- lae as complement the presence ofthe ancestors of the Bugis people.
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• At this time, the group whose numbers bissu increasingly degenerate even can be said almostextinct, scattered in several areas in (outh
(ulawesi, li$e the one in Wajo, Bone, (oppeng,)uwu, and *ang$ep.
• +ne area in Wa'o who still have bissu group is theistrict Pammana Wa'o.
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Bissu act as a liaison between humansand gods as to communicate with thegods must use the language or languagestorilangi s$y. This language is also $nownas the actual bissu language is thelanguage of the ancient Bugis. Tas$s
involving bissu include marriage, birth,down paddy Manre maccurung",inauguration of the $ing, and welcomedistinguished guests, mappalili, chantingmantras commonly referred to Mattesu
rajang.
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Bissu leader called Angkuru Cua deputy
Angkuru Lolo
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Bissu in a ceremony
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Bissu being mappadendang The menumbuk
lesung dance
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Bissu in the !atu Pammana inauguration-th in -
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Similar Alameng long machete is heirlooms
Pammana kingdom. In the days of empire is
treated by bissu objects and to clean or purify
by bissu.
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Bissu showed kekebalan tubuhnya
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