Nilai-Nilai Malaqbiq Pada Prosesi Pernikahan Adat Mandar Di Kabupaten Polewali Mandar = THE MEANING OF METINDOR PROCESS SYMBOLS IN MANDAR TRADITIONAL WEDDING

Abstract
Mandar traditional weddings are one of the cultures or customs still well preserved. The Mandar people consider that marriage deserves to be respected; indeed, it has sacred values in every procession. Therefore, the humanists in Mandar or religious leaders and the local community manage well and carefully. Indeed, the Mandar people think that marriage is not only a husband-and-wife bond that is united in a marriage procession but also unites two families who were not previously part of each other's family. Marriage is an important thing; consequently, it is also necessary to know the meaning of every symbol in the traditional Mandar wedding procession.
One stage of the Mandar traditional wedding procession is the metindor procession (following) several Mandar traditional wedding procession stages. This metindor is one of the stages that need to be understood by all levels of society. Metindor is carried out on the D-day of the wedding to escort the prospective groom to the residence of the prospective bride to carry out the marriage contract under applicable customs. In the metindor procession, the groom will bring some gifts for the prospective bride. Some symbols need to be understood in this metindor procession, such as oil, wardrobes, etc.
The symbols mentioned above have meanings according to the beliefs of the Mandar people who carry out the culture. The objective of the symbols contained in this metindor procession is nothing but a good meaning for the life of the household to be built. The research method was descriptive qualitative using a symbolic interaction theory approach. The research results reported that there were symbols that were interpreted by Mandar cultural figures in the metindor procession in Mandar traditional marriages.

Keywords: Mandar Traditional Marriage, Metindor, Meaning of Symbols