Etnographie-Semiotic of Sigale-Gale’s Legend in Samosir Lake, North Sumatera, Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/iccsr-18.2018.100How to use a DOI?

Keywords

oral art intrinsically; Sigale-gale; the cultural values; the cultural function; sign contain

Abstract

Indonesia has a diverse culture, among cultures that are one of the unique culture, unique, and interesting to study. Not only culture, this area is also rich in natural pemandagangan and customs. Samosir Island is an island inhabited by the Toba Batak. Batak Toba Batak different from the other. Batak Toba has legends and folklore are quite a lot and the legends are full of value, functionality, and signs. Cultural values are very closely related to the agreement and traditions that exist in the region. None of the cultures in Indonesia, which does not have a function. All co-exist and complement each other. In cultures that there will be a sign that symbolizes something. These are signs in the legend " Sigale -gale " on the island of Samosir , North Sumatera .Oral art intrinsically is the tradition had bay a group of certain society. Its existence is confessed, even very close with society group that owning it. In oral art, its story content oftentimes lay open situation of social cultural of society bearing it. Usually oral art contain in the form of social background picture, culture, and artisty drawn in Sigale- Gale story. Two focus that discussed in this research: (1) How are the cultural values in the legend of Batak Toba Sigale-gale on Samosir Island, North Sumatra? (2) How cultural functions contained in Sigale-gale legend on the island of Samosir, North Sumatra? and (3) How to sign contained in Sigale legend gale on the island of Samosir, North Sumatra? As approach which used in this thesis research is art antropoloy, by exploiting structural theory as structural text analysis foundation, culture theory to analyze cultural concept of Batak Toba society which there in Sigale-Gale story. Result of research of Sigale-gale story indicate that Batak Toba society in Samosir reveal that special target of life of Batak Toba society at former epoch, that is each and everyone have a mind to reach hamoraon (properties), hagabeon (offspring) and hasangapon (honorary). Special regarding to the target of life to get blessinh through offspring (that hagabeon), in the view of traditional Batak society that owning many child is importance. Batak Toba society that embracing patrilineal consanguinity sistem, boys have important meaning in life of family. Family which does not have boy supposed tree which do not hava root. Every boy have obligation to manage and continue the continuity of family life. Batak society wish the ideal death according to death custom, which goal by every member of Batak Toba society, that is have old age, bearing to have, grandchild and cheeping. All its clan gabe (have many clan) and maduma (secure and prosperous life), there’s no handicap and inveigh. That death referred as saurmatua.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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