Mantra Pemanis Aura “Wae, Angi, Ketenge”: Kajian Ekofeminisme dalam Tradisi Lisan Perempuan Bugis-Makassar

Abstract This study examines the aura-enhancing spell "Wae, Angi, Ketenge" from the oral tradition of Bugis-Makassar women in Gowa Regency through an ecofeminist lens, addressing two interrelated questions: how natural elements are represented as feminine spiritual agents forming a microcosm-macrocosm relation, and how this relation is sustained through gendered inheritance. Transmitted along the female line across four generations, the spell is used in a bathing ritual facing the rising sun. Using a qualitative case study with an interpretive approach, data were gathered through interviews and performance observation with three informants. Findings show that water (wae), wind (angi), and moon (ketenge) function as feminine spiritual agents—purifying, disseminating, and witnessing—linking the female body as microcosm to nature as macrocosm within Bugis sulapa eppa cosmology. This relation is preserved through a gender-exclusive inheritance system, interpreted as women's ecological knowledge conservation, not arbitrary segregation, offering theoretical, cultural, and methodological contributions to Bugis-Makassar oral literature studies.