THE SACRED ECOLOGY: FOOD SECURITY BASED ON LOCAL ONTOLOGY IN SOUTH SULAWESI

Abstract

Through reflective ethnography, this study records the researcher's experiences in following the sacred ecology-based agricultural cycle in Sidenreng Rappang Regency and land management practices in social forestry areas rich in local cosmological values in Enrekang Regency. Rooted in different traditions and cosmologies but showing similarities in viewing nature as a living entity that has a reciprocal connection with humans, These outcome reveal that sacred ecology is not a singular concept, but rather a point where human relations are rooted in experience, inherited knowledge, and rituals that unite ecological, social, and spiritual dimensions, thereby becoming an effort to reorganize food security enriched through recognition of the diversity of local knowledge that has long haveed within the community.