STUDI ETNOBOTANI PADA PROSES RITUAL ADAT MASYARAKAT SUKU SALUAN DI DESA PASOKAN KABUPATEN TOJO UNA-UNA

Abstract

A research entitle “Ethnobotany Research on the Saluan Tribal Ritual tradition in Pasokan village of Great Walea District in Tojo Una-una  Regency Central Sulawesi was conducted from June to August 2015. The study aims to determine the species and part of the plant which was used as a ritual even and also to obtain information about the uses of plants by Saluans tribal in Pasokan village. The method used were qualitative and quantitative methods in the form of participatory observation moderate, purposive sampling and snowball sampling, using 45 respondents. The plants were used in traditional rituals such as wedding rituals, building home, farming, birth of baby and circumcision. The result obtained 31 species from 22 plant families were used as ritual by Saluan tribal communities. The largest percentage of plant parts used are the leaves with a value of 34%. The ritual use of plants were direct consumpted, cooked, crushed, soaked and hanged.