摘要:The Buginese community in South Sulawesi is a society that lives in powerful custom systems. The custom was deeply held by its ancestor since ancient times until now. Pappaseng or message as one of the Buginese communities’ cultural products is known by the philosophy of the Buginese community living. It is loaded with educational values, which can be adopted in designing an education-based character. This article presents the fundamental values as the Foundation in action. The values are already widespread in the systems of Buginese community living. It also shows that there are many local wisdom values, which are buried deep in the Buginese community culture packaged in the panngadereng or custom. The custom can be the spearhead in the influx of other cultures that dismissed the damage the morality of the Indonesian nation generally and the Buginese society, particularly.