Norm Conflicts and Living Law: Harmonising Customary, State, and Religio‑Magical Norms in Coastal Disaster Governance

This study analyses the harmonisation of customary law, state law, and religio‑magical values in disaster management among coastal communities in Parepare, taking the Mappano/Mappanongnggo/Maccera Tasi’ ritual as the focal point of a socio‑legal inquiry. The analytical framework departs from the growing vulnerability to hydrometeorological hazards and the disjuncture between state disaster regulations and offering‑larung practices, which local communities understand as a collective effort to preserve harmony between humans, nature, and the unseen world. The study employs a socio‑legal legal research design grounded in normative‑juridical analysis, combining statutory, conceptual, and case approaches to disaster regulations, the legal recognition of adat communities, and previous studies on Mappano/Mappanongnggo/Maccera Tasi’ and comparable religio‑magical practices, which are qualitatively examined to map patterns of interaction and tension between normative orders. The findings indicate that the Mappano/Mappanongnggo/Maccera Tasi’ ritual embodies values of reverence for water, awareness of disaster risk, and the strengthening of social solidarity that intersect with the objectives of protecting life, the environment, and public order, while simultaneously revealing ongoing negotiations between customary law, formal religious interpretations, and positive law in local disaster governance. Building on these insights, the article proposes a framework for developing a local‑wisdom‑based disaster management model that integrates the role of adat institutions, recontextualises ritual forms to align with religious principles and environmental protection, and utilises ritual as a medium for disaster education and risk communication in coastal Parepare.