Hajj and Work Ethos Bugis Community South Sulawesi Indonesia

Abstract

Hajj and work ethics mutual influence upon and should be undertaken with diligence work on the basis of sincerity and high morale. Perform the pilgrimage are directly related to economic calculation, hard work, discipline and a spirit of sacrifice. Working for the needs of the economy and religious life must be considered as well as the obligations and responsibilities of the individual and society. Economic and religious life is a symbol that represents the meaning of the life of the world, and later life as a unified whole. Economic action rice fields farmers to obtain meaningful social stratification that rational action oriented values. Hajj as religious teachings to foster meaningful autonomous ethics born from within the individual. Universal human status before God, in which the rights and duties of man is according to social status.

Data collected through interviews with informants, consisting of Hajj in Bugis community from each district, as well as community leaders in each of the research locations. In addition to the interview, also conducted direct observation of community service activities.

The results showed that the performance of Hajj and work ethos have relations in Bugis community. The relations tend to Hajj has a relationship with a work ethic because Hajj is a social status, the result of hard work over the years and tend to be placed at a higher caste.

Keywords: Hajj and work ethics