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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 473 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2020) Mapalus Cultural Reconstruction in Tompaso Baru Village South Minahasa Regency 1Meity Najoan* 2Xaverius Erick Lobja 3Aksilas Dasfordate History Education Department Geography Education Department History Education Department Universitas Negeri Manado Universitas Negeri Manado Universitas Negeri Manado Tondano, Indonesia Tondano, Indonesia Tondano, Indonesia [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Abstract—This study tries to explore how Mapalus values villagers in the public interest, around domestic work, develop in the lives of people in Tompaso Baru. The agriculture, death, marriage and community service [2]. importance of this research is to preserve Minahasa's cultural Initially Mapalus conducted specifically on activities customs, especially in terms of Mapalus culture, for the values related to agriculture, ranging from clearing land to picking contained therein remain sustainable and can be passed on by produce or harvesting. But along with its development also the next generation in shaping the nation's identity and to form a national character that has values Civic culture. The method applied in every social activity, such as in traditional and approach used are qualitative. Analysis of the data used in ceremonial activities, making boats, marriage, death, this study is qualitative analysis. Based on the results of the building houses and so on. Mapalus, in essence, has the study it is known that: (1) Mapalus is a manifestation of the basis and activities of Minahasa people who are called with Minahasa people's way of life as a system of rules of life basic sincerity and deep touching hearts with full awareness arrangement and empowerment of individuals and ancestral heritage communities who use it as a principle of family life and responsibility to make humans and their groups of due to a set of behavioral concepts for life and to solve teaching the mind to live and prosper for each person and problems. (2) Values contained in Mapalus culture group in the community transforming life. Mapalus as a Participatory, wherein Mapalus activities all people are working system has ethos values such as reciprocal ethos, actively involved starting from the beginning of the plan to participatory ethos, solidarity, responsibility, cooperation, conduct Mapalus in completion. In every Mapalus activity, all people who participated in the activity we're involved fully good leaders, discipline, transparency, equality, and trust from the planning of the activity to the completion of the (Umbas, 2011). activity. The value of Solidarity, in Mapalus culture, appears a Mapalus is also known as the local Spirit and local sense of togetherness, a sense of unity of interest, a sense of wisdom of the people in Minahasa. Mapalus is an sympathy, as one member of the same class to jointly conduct embodiment or manifestation of the Minahasa people's way Mapalus activities. Reciprocal values, in Mapalus culture everyone works together, helping one another. Therefore, if of life is manifested as a system of rules of life and someone who conducts Mapalus activities for themselves or empowerment of individuals and ancestral heritage uses it as their families, then when there is Mapalus activity for other a principle of family life due to it is a set of behavioral people/families, the person concerned should also repay him to concepts for life and for solving common problems, which work for the family. Leadership Value, in Mapalus culture the have been formulated in Si Tou Timou Tumou Tou. ability of a leader to recognize the time and need to conduct activities, identify, communicate the implementation strategy / Mapalus, from ma, saling, palus, got a turn (H.M. Taulu). Mapalus activities to everyone involved in these activities for Mapalus, or helping each other, is a system that has existed these activities can be achieved. Mutual Cooperation values in since time immemorial and comes from the principle of Mapalus culture doing a work conducted together, helping family life, as a legacy of an effort of family unity from the each other, then enjoy the results of the work together is also days of our ancestors, but which disappears due to people the main core of Mapalus culture. begin to selfish or other causes (Graafland). Mapalus is an expression of the Minahasa people's way of life which is not Keywords: Mapalus, Culture, Mutual Cooperation, Solidarity, just a helping-hand or cooperation [3], [4]. Minahasa Initially, Mapalus was conducted specifically on I. INTRODUCTION activities related to agriculture, from clearing land to In the Minahasa community, cooperation culture is harvesting. But along with the development of Mapalus usually called as Mapalus culture. Mapalus culture is a Culture is not only limited in agriculture, but also applied in system of cooperation for the common interest inherited by every social activity, and in almost all fields of life, such as Minahasa ancestors based on the philosophy of life of the in traditional ceremonial activities, building houses, building Minahasa people put forward by Dr. Sam Ratulangi is "si boats, marriages, deaths, etc. which of course, this activity is tou timou tumou tou / human life to revive other humans" conducted together or cooperation. Mapalus is the basic [1]. Mapalus is a system of cooperation based on helping nature and activities of the life of the Minahasa people who between several people and the cooperation of some are called by touching sincerity of the basic and deep Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL. This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license -http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. 125 Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 473 conscience (touching hearts) with full awareness and group formed by shared interests. Cooperation in doing responsibility to make humans and their groups (teaching work together, helping each other, then enjoy the results of mind) mutually and prosperous each person and group in the work together as well. their community (transforming life) [5], [6]. There is also the principle of good leadership, where the ability of a leader to recognize the time and need to According to the book, The Mapalus Way, Mapalus as make changes, identify the direction of change, a working system has ethos values such as reciprocal ethos, communicate change strategies to people in the participatory ethos, solidarity, responsibility, cooperation, organization, especially those who support change and good leadership, discipline, transparency, equality, and trust. empower them to make changes and facilitate efforts to Along with the development of the social organization, achieve the goals change. functions implement activities with the principle of Based on observations made in Tompaso Baru District, Mapalus, nowadays, Mapalus is also often used as the South Minahasa Regency, mutual assistance activities or principle of a social organization in Minahasa. In its help is known as Mapalus is still be seen. Mapalus cultural application, Mapalus functions as a deterrent for the world construction created in the District of Tompaso Baru, South economic recession, a means to motivate and mobilize Minahasa Regency is built on attachment to one another, people for the stabilization of development, and is a means based on social relations, namely family ties, unity ties, of fostering a productive work spirit for the success of geographical closeness and ties of equality of trust is independent operations, for example, agricultural manifested in community activities. The Mapalus culture intensification and extensification programs. has been socially constructed in the community in Tompaso The principle of solidarity reflected in Mapalus is Baru District, South Minahasa Regency has been conducted reflected in the economy of the community in Minahasa, from generation to generation as one of the original cultural namely the introduction of the Tamber economic principle. heritages which is a unifying forum for the community, The principle of timber economics refers to an activity to which still receives a positive response from the villagers. give something to other people, or residents of sewanua who took part or participated in Mapalus. (village) voluntarily and for free, without calculating or Mapalus is a culture elaboration philosophy of Si tou expecting compensation. The principle of the timber Timou Tomou Tou as an activity of community life with the economy is family-based. In terms of traditional motivation, nature of cooperation and has been attached to each of the this principle contains a meaning of cultural glue (cultural sons and daughters of the Minahasa community [7], [8]. preservation) which expresses social care, even indicators of Mapalus is the basic word palus which among others means social intimacy. The cultural factor of the tamber economic to pour and mobilize, so Mapalus implies an attitude and principle is based on the fertile and abundant natural action based on the awareness of the necessity to move by conditions of the Minahasa, and the typical Minahasa people gathering (uniting) the power (strength and intelligence) of who tend to be diligent and generous. The existence of each community member to obtain an optimal result Mapalus makes the Minahasa community more related to according