摘要：This study was conducted using descriptive research method-ex post facto. The use of descriptive methods used to observe directly empirical data contained within the field. While the ex post facto method used as the reason that the empirical data that has been observed in the oral literature of sinrilik documents. The values found in literature of sinrilik studied and classified into four parts: 1) the value of religion, 2) the value of ethics, 3) the value of education, 4) the value of aesthetic. The values contained in sinrilik certainly have a function to determine the character of ethnic community of Bugis Makassar. Values is exactly what will be taught to students can be presented as the form of special subjects that local content, and it can be applied to all subjects in school or outside of school. In addition, human values contain are also several strategies that can be adopted by the government and the community to defense values in oral literature. The strategy is a strategy intended direct and indirect strategies. Direct strategy is a strategy that can be done by the government in determine of a) Inventory and documentation b) Sinririk as local content subjects in school c) development of the sinrilik perpetrators d) seminar on regional culture. While the indirect strategy is the strategy undertaken by the community include a) sinrilik inheritance, b) provide advice through sinrilik stories, c) broadcasting through media, d) involvement producer.
关键词：retention; Sinrilik values; teaching of the local language and literature; local content
