Analysis on the Meaning of Symbols in The Bugis Traditional Processing “Mappacci” In Bone Regency, South Sulawesi (Published)
Mappacci is a custom as one of a series of wedding party processions among the Bugis community, currently still thick with their customs. Mappacci comes from the word Pacci, which is a kind of plant where the leaves are used by Bugis people as belo kanuku or to decorate nails, Mappacci is similar in sound to the word paccing which means clean or holy. Symbolizes the purity of the heart of the bride and groom facing tomorrow. This research is qualitative research using text analysis to understand the meaning of the message contained in the Mappacci traditional procession. Qualitative research does not use numbers but uses an analysis with theory as the basis for conducting this research. The researcher used the method of observation, interviews and documentation. The available data were analyzed using Charles Sanders Pierce’s semiotic theory with his trichonomic theory consisting of signs, objects and interpretants. However, in this study, we will only discuss Pierce’s semiotics in the classification of a sign.
Keywords: mappacci, pierce, south sulawesi, symbol
Women as a Symbol of Israel in Nathan Shaham’s “Hand of Fate” (“Yad ha-Goral”) (Published)
Nathan Shaham (נתן שחם) – a biographical sketch[1].Shaham is an Israeli writer who was born in Tel-Aviv in 1925. He was a member of the youth movements Mahanot Ha-Olim and Ha-Shomer Ha-Tsa’ir and in 1945 joined the kibbutz of Beit Alpha.In the years 1942-1945 he served with the Palmach and rejoined it in 1947. Subsequently he worked in the Israel Broadcasting Service and wrote for the press. Shaham comes from a family with literary connections. Both his father and his brother were writers, although neither attained his fame. Initially he tried his hand at writing poetry, but his most prominent and important works are in prose, among them the story collections Grain and Lead (Dagan Ve-Oferet), The Gods Are Lazy (Ha-Elim Atzelim) and Veterans’ Housing (Shikun Vatikim), the latter containing the story “Hand of Fate” that is the subject of the present study. In addition, Shaham wrote novels and plays, for example the novel Always Us (Tamid Anahnu) and the plays A Field beyond the Border (Sade Me-Ever La-Gvul) and They’ll Arrive Tomorrow (Hem Yagi’u Mahar), originally written as a story entitled “Seven of Them” F(Shiv’a Mehem”) and later turned into a play.
[1] For more information on the writer see The Hebrew Encyclopedia, Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem, 1965, vol. 13, p. 701.
Keywords: Hand of Fate, Israel, Nathan Shaman, Women, Yad ha-Goral, symbol