Legal Awareness Socialization for the Bontonompo Community through a Siri’-Based Approach in Tamallayang Gowa

Abstract

Legal awareness plays a central role in shaping orderly, responsible, and harmonious community life. In many local contexts, however, legal education becomes more effective when communicated through values that are already socially meaningful to the target community. This community service activity was conducted to strengthen legal awareness among the people of Bontonompo through a cultural approach based on siri’. The activity took place at the Tamallayang Village Office, Bontonompo District, Gowa Regency, and was implemented in the form of socialization. The program was designed in response to the need for legal education that is contextually relevant to local society while also addressing the tendency to overuse and overclaim the concept of siri’ in social discourse. The implementation involved preparation, identification of general community needs, material delivery, interactive discussion, and simple evaluation. The results indicate an increased public understanding of the importance of legal awareness and a stronger recognition that cultural values may support legal education when applied proportionally. The activity also demonstrates that siri’ can function as an ethical and communicative bridge in explaining legal responsibility, provided that it is not positioned as a singular or exhaustive solution to complex social and legal issues.