Abstract: Character education is a inculcation of character values into students. Character education is an
important thing to be continuously implemented in the education world. Local wisdom comes from
cultural values that are used to regulates people's lives. One form of local wisdom from the Bugis
Makasar area is Pappaseng. The meaning of pappaseng in Buginese has the same meaning as
"testament". Pappaseng is a form of Bugis classical literary work that is still believed by the
community. The contents of Pappaseng in the form of Buginese manuscript include giving guidance
to the community to be whole human being with character in the dimensions of heart, mind, body,
feelings, and intention. This research aimed to examine the values in Pappaseng that are relevant to
character education. This study used a qualitative approach with a hermeneutic method and content
analysis. Data collection used literary study on the lontaraq pappaseng text and documentation
study. Based on the findings, pappaseng values in character education are religious, honesty,
courage, hard work, and social care values. |