The Existence of Mapalus in Minahasa Community

Mapalus is carried out by Minahasa people sincerely (touching hearts) with full awareness and responsibility (teaching mind) to revive each other and prosper everyone in their community (transforming life). In Minahasa community, there is a basic rule of life that is preserved through the 5 Letek (Five Loyalties). Five Faithfulness consists of (1). Letek Wia Si Opo Empung (faithful to God Almighty); (2). Letek Wia Toktolan Um Banua (loyal to the foundations of the country, including Mapalus, and in Indonesian citizenship, namely loyalty to Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution); (3). Letek Wia Se Ni Matu'a Wo Nuwu Tuah (faithful to the ancestors and the message of the ancestors of the ancestors); (4). Letek Wia Si Inak Wo Si Amak (faithful to mother and father) and (5). Letek Wia Se Antang Um Banua, Wo Se Kupalus (loyal to leaders/superiors as well as coworkers). Research on the existence of mapalus in Minahasa society aims to describe the forms and functions of mapalus in Minahasa society. The research method used is a descriptive quantitative method through an ethnographic approach. Theories about culture and mapalus were used to analyze the data. The result of the research is that the form of mapalus consists of mapalus in agriculture and culture. Mapalus is organized and spontaneous. The form of Mapalus is Mapalus clearing land, planting rice, bringing food at funerals, collecting raw materials or money for married people, building houses. Mapalus is done in turns. Mapalus for disasters is carried out spontaneously. Mapalus consists of mapalus mapo'ow iendo, mahjaman, marzanoan and there are those who go all day long (mahwengian). The Mapalus function is a cultural and social function. In detail, the function of Mapalus is as a union, helping others, social welfare, participating in tackling other people's financial burdens , preserving ancestral customs and culture