33 INTERNALIZATION OF RELIGIOUS MODERATION TO THE PANAI' TRADITION: BETWEEN WAITHOOD AND MARRIAGE Erniwati Erniwati1 Email : erniwati_uin@radenfatah. Hana Pertiwi2 Email : hanapertiwi_uin@radenfatah. Sri Asmita3 Email : sriasmita_uin@radenfatah. 123Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Fatah Palembang Abstract The phenomenon of the high demand for money in the marriage practice of the Bugis tribe is a condition that has been a concern for millennials until now. This tradition is a custom of the Bugis tribe that must exist, the terms panai' and mahar in the Bugis tribe have different meanings, but it is an obligation of the same in marriage. The study is based on an argument that the high demand for money in Bugis marriages continues to be practiced to this day, even becoming a mandatory requirement after The motto used by the Bugis tribe is "No money panai' then no marriage". This study is qualitative, descriptive, namely looking at natural conditions through the phenomenon of the panai' tradition towards the internalization of religious The approach used by phenomenology is to observe phenomena that occur both through youtube, vlogs. Instagram. Facebook and other social media. Likewise, some supporting literature such as journals, books, and previous articles that are closely related to research. This paper shows that the panai' tradition has had an impact on the understanding of society which has shifted so that many people practice elopes . , postpones marriage . until the marriage is annulled, and even commit suicide. This study shows the need for the role of traditional leaders and local governments against the tradition of high demand for money that burdens men. Keywords: Panai'. Waithood. Marriage. Religious Moderation Abstrak Fenomena tentang tingginya permintaan uang panaiAo dalam praktik perkawinan suku Bugis merupakan kondisi yang hingga saat ini menjadi perhatian bagi kalangan Tradisi ini menjadi sebuah adat suku Bugis yang harus ada, istilah panaiAo dan mahar dalam suku Bugis memiliki makna berbeda, namun menjadi sebuah kewajiban yang sama dalam perkawinan. Kajian tersebut didasarkan pada sebuah argumentasi bahwa tingginya permintaan uang panaiAo dalam perkawinan suku Bugis masih terus dipraktikkan hingga saat ini, bahkan menjadi sebuah syarat wajib setelah mahar. Semboyan yang digunakan suku Bugis yaitu AuTidak ada uang panaiAo maka tidak ada perkawinanAy. Kajian ini bersifat kualitatif deskriptif yaitu melihat kondisi alamiah melalui fenomena tradisi panaiAo terhadap internalisasi moderasi beragama. Pendekatan yang digunakan fenomenologi yaitu mengamati fenomena yang terjadi baik melalui INTERNALIZATION OF RELIGIOUS MODERATION A Erniwati Erniwati, et. youtube, vlog. Instagram. Facebook dan media sosial lainnya. Begitu pula beberapa literatur pendukung seperti jurnal, buku-buku, artikel terdahulu yang memiliki keterkaitan erat dengan penelitian. Tulisan ini menunjukkan bahwa tradisi panaiAo telah berdampak pada pemahaman masyarakat yang telah bergeser sehingga banyak yang melakukan kawin lari . , menunda perkawinan . hingga batalnya perkawinan, bahkan sampai melakukan tindakan bunuh diri. Studi ini menunjukkan perlu adanya peran tokoh adat dan pemerintah setempat terhadap tradisi tingginya permintaan uang panaiAo yang memberatkan pihak laki-laki. Kata Kunci : PanaiAo. Waithood. Perkawinan. Moderasi Beragama Introduction In the current era of society 5. 0, many individuals have decided to postpone marriage and there is even a movement or community of waithood. This phenomenon does not only occur in Indonesia, even Inhorn stated that there are many people around the world who choose to postpone marriage. There are many factors behind the people choosing to postpone marriage, both internal and external factors. In this case, the situation of postponing marriage needs to receive special attention from the community, because it has a close relationship with the values of a culture and 1 Based on data from the National Socio-Economic Survey (Susena. in 2021, it shows that around 37. 69 percent of youth have married status, while 61. 09 percent of youth have unmarried status. In the last 10 years, the percentage of youth with married status has relatively decreased, while there has been an increase in the percentage of youth with unmarried status. The decline in the marriage rate is greatly influenced by the improvement in the quality of life of the community, especially for millennials caused by development in various aspects including education, health, economy, and cultural shifts. This research is related to the Internalization of Religious Moderation Towards the Panai Tradition' which until now has caused millennial khawati and has become a dilemma whether to choose to waithood or continue the marriage with the high demand for money from women's families. Conditions like this have an impact on the social conditions of the community, even the paradigm in viewing and understanding the meaning of the panai' tradition itself. This brought changes to the values and meaning of marriage as well as the tradition of panai' practice in the Bugis tribe. Some of the impacts raised by these concerns include many people who choose to do Anindita Majumdar. AuWaithood: Gender. Education, and Global Delays in Marriage and Childbearing. Marcia C. Inhorn and Nancy J. SmithAaHefner, eds. New York: Berghahn Books, 2020, 414 ,Ay Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2022