Batak Toba Concept of A Leader in Umpasa and Umpama

Abstract

Umpasa and umpama are two kinds of literary works that belong to the people of Batak Toba that reflect briliant thoughts, collective conciousnes and life philosofie of the traditional of Toba Batak that lead the way of thinking and the way of life of the people. They are parts of the identity of the people. As the identity of the people it is important to learn it to enable peole to establish reconciliation with the digital revolutionary world.The objective of the research is to answer the question wether the traditional concept of a leader should be obseleted or not by analysing and finding the hidden meaning of umpasa and umpama which deal with the concept of Batak Toba of a leader.The research had to pay attention to the social cultural aspects of the people of Batak Toba byusing qualitative descriptive method.Th finding shows that the meaning within umpasa and umpama deal with the concept of a leader still relevant with the modern theories in digital era.