Ussul Culture as Local Wisdom of The Mandar Tribe in West Sulawesi in The Perspective of Islamic Education

Abstract

This research is motivated by the Ussul culture which has developed a lot in the West Sulawesi region, especially in Polewali Mandar Regency. Ussul culture which means the hope or prayer of the former people as an intermediary to the creator in a positive sense, which in this study is studied based on the view of Islamic education, bearing in mind the position of Islamic education in forming community individuals both physicallyand spiritually systematically in examining a culture which will then be studied regarding the elements of benefits and objectives as the basis for preserving and maintaining a culture so that it remains able to adapt in the future, bearing in mind that the development of science will become the foundation and reference for individuals in the future in doing things . Data collection methods in this study are observation, interviews anddocumentation. The results of this study indicate that in essence the culture of Ussul and pamali does notconflict with religion , but the culture of Ussul is directly proportional to religion. As seen in the concept of Ussulculture, it is always associated with prayer, hope in God. Meanwhile, as humans, what we always do is pray toGod, but we propose the same thing as praying in a different version.