Overview
- Village chief Safrudin confirmed the dissolution was completed through the Mowea Sarapu ritual and accepted by both families.
- At the ceremony, the couple apologized before elders, relatives and villagers, after which the husband formally handed his wife to her lover.
- The lover provided symbolic compensation under custom that included a cow, traditional cloth, a copper vessel and five million rupiah.
- A widely shared video shows the husband urging the lover to take good care of her, drawing mixed reactions online.
- Tolaki elders describe the ritual as restoring dignity and harmony, though repeating it carries social stigma for women.