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The Bugis people of Indonesia divide their society into five separate genders. Two are analogous to cisgender male (''oroané'') and female (''makkunrai''), and the remaining three are not easily comparable to Western ideas of gender: ''bissu'', ''calabai'', and ''calalai''. The latter two could roughly be compared to transgender females and males respectively, whereas bissu is a more abstract identity. ==Bissu== Bissu is one of the five genders of the Bugis, an Indonesian ethnic group. There are divergent theories regarding the definitive origins and meaning of "gender transcendent", as the ''bissu'' are commonly called.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sex, Gender, and Priests in South Sulawesi, Indonesia )〕 To be considered ''bissu'', all aspects of gender must be combined to form a whole. This can include those who are born intersexed. However, being ''bissu'' does not necessarily mean one does not possess only fully functioning male or female sexual organs, or even that one would not be called a cisgender male or female outside of Bugis society. The role of the ''bissu'' (along with the other gender roles not normally found in Western society) exist in Bugis society because it is a cultural belief that all five genders must harmoniously coexist. The advice of ''bissu'' is typically sought when a particular approval from the powers of the batin world is required. This may, for example, be the situation when a Bugis person is departing Sulawesi for the Hajj, the compulsory pilgrimage to Mecca. In that situation the ''bissu'' will permit an excellent djinn to seize them and to proceed as an emissary of the batin. This is not in keeping with traditional Islam, but it has been tolerated by the regional Muslim establishment on condition that it does not comprise any act that is evidently in opposition to the Sharia. In this exceptional case, it means that the spirit and the Bissu's powers should not be measured as in any way autonomous from Allah’s power, because he is the only one who is to be venerated. In daily social life, the ''bissu'', along with the ''calabai'' and the ''calalai'', are authorized to enter the women’s parts of the dwellings and villages in addition to the men's. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gender in Bugis society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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