Character Education Of Makassar Culture As A Local Wisdom To Streng Then Indonesian Diversity In Schools

The globalization threatens the extinction of character and culture in a person including the educational environment. Therefore, the curriculum is expected to implement character education in schools. One of the efforts made is to conduct regional language learning to shape the character and self-development of the students to the local culture. The method used in this study was a descriptive method with a qualitative-descriptive approach. The population of Makassar's regional literary works in the form of pappasang, paruntuk kana, and rupama which have been recorded in the form of a manuscript whose sample is taken purposively. The results of the analysis provide Makassar language learning material in the form of values, ethics, and moral of Makassar culture that has the national character education. The subject matter in the fields of literature, sociolinguistics,pappasang, paruntuk kana, and rupama. This must be conveyed to students in the learning process by providing planting values for Makassar's cultural character in order to strengthen  Indonesian  love and  diversity.