Marriage Ceremony in Batak Toba Tribe: Between Consumerism and Purpose of Life

Siregar, Mangihut

doi:10.30560/ijas.v2n3p40

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“…Mis-informasi ini terkadang melahirkan stereotip dan prejudice terhadap adat Gayo yang dinilai terlalu merepotkan (ribet) dan bertele-tele oleh generasi Gayo sendiri. Lebih parah lagi, masyarakat modern ditandai oleh sebuah kesadaran yang ingin serba cepat dan instan (Siregar, 2019) karena struktur yang ada sekarang mengekang dan memaksa individu menjadi demikian adanya.…”

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Ruang Sakral dan Ruang Ritual Prosesi Adat Pernikahan Sintê Mungêrjê pada Masyarakat Gayo Lôt

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Amin²,

Fakhrurrazi

2020

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Rational and empirical human dominate modern society. But in practice, modernity often lacks reflection. Wedding processions in modern Gayo communities illustrate this reality. The depth of meaning through symbols and social actions in every stage of the traditional Gayo wedding procession is beginning to be displaced by the ceremonial lack of understanding that tends to be rushed and infiltrated by global culture. This study documents the knowledge and subjective meaning of Gayo traditional actors regarding the tradition of sintê mungêrjê marriage by identifying sacred spaces and ritual spaces, then how the modern Gayo people interpret and act based on the observations of research informants. This qualitative research uses in-depth interview techniques in the data collection process. This research found that the essence of sintê mungêrjê was spirituality and communality nuances characterized by sacred and ritual activity stages. However, this set of norms is no longer institutionalized during modern Gayo society. This condition makes ritual meaningless and presents a culture without a clear personality identity. AbstrakMasyarakat modern didominasi oleh manusia yang bercirikan rasional dan empiris. Tapi dalam praktiknya, sering ditemukan fenomena modernitas minim refleksi. Hal itu sebagaimana pelaksanaan prosesi adat pernikahan pada masyarakat Gayo modern. Kedalaman makna yang ditampilkan melalui simbol dan tindakan sosial dalam setiap tahapan prosesi adat pernikahan Gayo tradisional mulai tergeser oleh seremonial minim pemahaman yang cenderung tergesa-gesa dan disusupi budaya global. Studi ini mendokumentasikan pengetahuan dan makna subjektif para pelaku adat Gayo mengenai tradisi pernikahan sintê mungêrjê dengan mengidentifikasi ruang sakral dan ruang ritual, kemudian bagaimana masyarakat Gayo modern memaknai dan bertindak berdasarkan pengamatan informan penelitian. Penelitian kualitatif ini menggunakan teknik wawancara mendalam dalam proses pengumpulan data. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diperoleh pemahaman bahwa hakikat sintê mungêrjê adalah spiritualitas dan komunalitas yang diwarnai oleh tahapan kegiatan yang bersifat sakral dan ritual. Namun seperangkat norma ini tidak lagi terinstitusionalisasi di tengah masyarakat Gayo modern sehingga hanya melahirkan ritual miskin makna dan budaya tanpa identitas kepribadian yang jelas.

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Ruang Sakral dan Ruang Ritual Prosesi Adat Pernikahan Sintê Mungêrjê pada Masyarakat Gayo Lôt

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Amin²,

Fakhrurrazi

2020

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“…Honor is the highest ideals for the Batak people while the other ideals are wealth and have many children (Siregar, 2019). To gain honor, the Bataks exchange other capital, namely wealth.…”

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Politics of Cultural Tourism in the North Sumatera Samosir Island

Siregar

2020

IJAS

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Tourism has become a very promising industry in increasing economic development. Each region is competing to market their area as a tourist destination in order to get foreign exchange. All resources, such as natural resources, human resources, special interest resources, especially cultural resources, are all maximized for the advancement of tourism. In an effort to increase regional income, the Samosir Regency Government of North Sumatra Province took a breakthrough to attract tourists to visit Samosir Island. One of the efforts made is by demonstrating cultural tourism, which is the ritual performance of mangalahat horbo bius ritual. This show is held every year in the Horas Samosir Fiesta event. The mangalahat horbo bius ritual performance began in 2008 at Batu Hobon, Limbong Sagala Village, Sianjur Mulamula Samosir Sub District. Since it was made a ritual, the mangalahat horbo bius became a show on Samosir Island, there were pros and cons in the community where the Catholic Church supported the show as the way to spread religion. Meanwhile the Samosir Regency government as the initiator of the show, has the aim to attract the interest of the visit. The party who openly rejected the show was the Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP). Since the beginning, the mangalahat horbo bius ritual performance has experienced controversy in the community. The aim is to attract visits to the Samosir Island area to be counter productive. Therefore, at every mangalahat horbo bius ritual performance, the number of tourist visits to Samosir Island always decreases. In this case the local community is less supportive of the show while tourists visiting Samosir Island avoid the mangalahat horbo bius ritual show for reasons of showing sadism.

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“…The previous study by Siregar (2019) said that consumerism has spread to Batak Toba, seen from the cultural change, borrowing Koentjaraningrat's idea, that is a notion/idea (from togetherness to become differentiation and individualism), action (from regularity and circumspection to become 'fast' and 'instant'), and materials (from simple to luxurious). Dominant factors that affect consumerism are, among others, globalization, life style, popularity, and lack of understanding the meaning of culture.…”

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Reification of the Signified and Consumerization of Wedding Receptions “Sintê Mungêrjê” In The Gayo Lôt Society In Central Aceh District

2020

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Gayo customs emphasizes the values of mutual cooperation and religiosity. The ritual of "sintê môrep” illustrates this reality. However, consumerism has threatened an identity and social integration, such as at wedding receptions. This study employs a qualitative approach to explore the changing process of the kenduri "sintê mungêrjê" into a party culture in wedding receptions at the Gayo Lôt community. The study reveals reification has encouraged changes in the meaning of Gayo traditions. The shift occurred from the denotative level to the connotative level. The consumption culture of weddings developed as a design of consumerization by wedding organizer in Central Aceh Districtand was supported by party simulations through television and social media. Simulacrum works because Gayonese prefer tocall "party" to "sintê mungêrjê" (the local term). The party culture was triggered by the weakening of the village structure supported by degradation of understanding of the Gayo customs, the Gayo language that hasgradually been abandoned by native speakers, urban development, information technology, the strengthening of money logic, the changing in the type of work from agrarian to formal, and cultural assimilation and acculturation.

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Marriage Ceremony in Batak Toba Tribe: Between Consumerism and Purpose of Life

Cited by 4 publications

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Ruang Sakral dan Ruang Ritual Prosesi Adat Pernikahan Sintê Mungêrjê pada Masyarakat Gayo Lôt

Ruang Sakral dan Ruang Ritual Prosesi Adat Pernikahan Sintê Mungêrjê pada Masyarakat Gayo Lôt

Politics of Cultural Tourism in the North Sumatera Samosir Island

Reification of the Signified and Consumerization of Wedding Receptions “Sintê Mungêrjê” In The Gayo Lôt Society In Central Aceh District

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