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Symbolic Meaning in Elong Poto Lyric from Karampuang Sinjai
This research focuses on the symbolic meaning in the Iyrics of the Elong Poto tradition. This study aims to determine the symbolic meaning in the lyrics of the Elong Poto tradition from the Karampuang traditional area, Sinjai district. This research is analyzed based on the semiotic theory by Charles Sanders Pierce. This research uses gualitative methods and uses a semiotic approach to analyze the data. This research uses literature study, interviews, and notetaking as technigues to present truly valid data. The results showed that each Iyric in the Elong Poto tradition contains its own symbolic meaning.
In permission lyrics, there is a symbolic meaning that as a whole discusses respect, then in honour Iyrics discusses about destiny, promises to God and position. Furthermore, in the Iyrics of Islamic teaching there is a symbolic meaning about belief and worship, as well as in the Iyrics of human events about purity and cleanliness in worship, and the last is the Iyrics of the agony of death which has a symbolic meaning which discusses obedience, destiny and death.
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