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1. Somba Marhula-hula
Hulahula / Mora is the wife's family side. These hula occupy the most
respected positions in the association and customs of the Batak (all
Batak sub-tribes) so that all Batak people are ordered to respect the
Hulahula (Somba marhula-hula).
Boru / Anak Boru is a family party who takes a wife from a clan
(another family). This boru occupies the lowest position as 'parhobas'
or servants, both in daily interactions and (especially) in every
traditional ceremony. However, even though it functions as a servant, it
does not mean that it can be treated arbitrarily. But the boru must be
taken in, persuaded, termed: Elek marboru.
First, especially for the first child as a baby in the womb for seven
months, the Batak custom of possession has been made. So that
mothers and children are always healthy until the delivery process. The
child is born in order to bring fortune, happiness and blessings to the
family.
Second, the birth of a child must be held in the Batak custom called
"Makkaroani". So, during this possession the child's name is legalized
and introduced to all family and relatives. Because for Batak custom the
first child is the bearer of the family name. In the process of all the
Batak customs, the first child's name is always mentioned. So the first
child was eagerly awaited the Batak family.
Mangaririt is asking the heart or choosing a girl who will be his future
wife according to his own criteria and family criteria. This mangaririt
program is carried out if the prospective groom is an overseas child
who does not have time to find his own life partner, so when the man
returns to his hometown, his parents and other families look for a
suitable woman to become a wife, but the woman he is looking for is a
woman. must comply with the criteria of the male precepts and the
criteria of his family
Mangalehon Tanda means giving a sign that when a man has found a
woman as his future wife, then both of them then give each other a
sign. Men usually give money to women while women hand over the
sarong to the men, after which the man and woman are already
involved with each other. The man then tells his parents about it, the
male parent will order the prantara or domu-domu who has tied the
knot with his daughter.
5. Marhata Sinamot
6. Martonggo Raja
Marriage in the Toba Batak community is not only a matter for the
father and mother of the two prospective brides, but is a matter for the
whole family. Therefore, the parents of the prospective bride and
groom will gather all family members in their respective homes and
those who are present in this ceremony, especially regarding the na
tolu diverts, namely hula-hula, boru, dongan sabutuha, and dongan
sahuta (village friends).
Marujuk is when a marriage ceremony takes place, there are two kinds
of wedding ceremonies in the Toba Batak community, namely alap and
taruhon jual. alap jual is a traditional Batak Toba wedding ceremony
where the wedding ceremony is held at a woman's place. The bride is
picked up by the bridegroom with her parents, relatives and invitees to
her parents' home. In this traditional ceremony, prayers are delivered
for the bride and groom, represented by giving ulos. Furthermore, the
distribution of jambar (rations) in the form of meat and money is
carried out, namely:
8. Paulak Une
This event is included as a step so that both parties are free to visit each
other after a few days after the wedding ceremony which is usually held
a week after the wedding ceremony, the groom and his relatives,
together with the bride and groom, go to the house of the bride's
parents. This is the opportunity for women to know that their
daughters feel at home living in their in-laws' house.
9. Manjae
After a while, the groom and the bride live a household life (if the man
is not the youngest child), then he will be subjected to punishment, that
is, they are separated from their house (residence) and livelihood.
Usually when the youngest child inherits the house of his parents.
In this ceremony the woman goes to visit the bride and groom at the
groom's house, where they eat together and distribute jambar. In
essence, this stepping is meant so that the woman directly sees the
condition of her daughter and her husband because after all they have
been bound by kinship and at the same time provide advice and
guidance to the bride and groom in building a household.
Fifth, death in the Batak tradition, people who die will experience
special treatment, summarized in a traditional death ceremony. The
ceremonies of death are classified according to age and status of the
deceased. For those who died while still in the womb (mate in bortian)
have not received traditional treatment (immediately buried without a
coffin). But if you die when you are a baby (mate poso-poso), die as a
child (mate dakdanak), die as a teenager (mate bulung), and die as an
adult but not married (mate ponggol), all of these deaths receive
customary treatment : his body was covered with a sheet of ulos
(woven cloth typical of the Batak people) before being buried. The ulos
covering the corpse for mate poso-poso came from his parents, while
for mate dakdanak and mate bulung, the ulos from the bones (Mamak's
brother) died.
3. Already have adult children, some are even married, but not yet
grandchildren (mate hatungganeon),
In the Mangokal holi ceremony, the bones of the ancestors of the Batak
clan descendants who hold an event to dig back the graves of their
ancestors who were previously buried separately. After the bones of
the ancestors have been collected and washed clean then then the
bones of the ancestors will be put into a box or chest and buried again
in a memorial that has been built. It is at this memorial that the bones
of the ancestors have been joined together. The procession from
digging up the bones to being buried again in the monument takes days
and requires large funds and a complete Toba Batak customary
possession.
1. Somba Marhula-hula
3. Elek Marboru
Boru/Anak Boru adalah pihak keluarga yang mengambil isteri dari suatu
marga (keluarga lain). Boru ini menempati posisi paling rendah sebagai
‘parhobas’ atau pelayan, baik dalam pergaulan sehari-hari maupun
(terutama) dalam setiap upacara adat. Namun walaupun berfungsi
sebagai pelayan bukan berarti bisa diperlakukan dengan semena-mena.
Melainkan pihak boru harus diambil hatinya, dibujuk, diistilahkan: Elek
marboru.
Martumpol bagi orang Batak Toba dapat disebut juga sebagai acara
pertunangan namun secara harafiah martupol adalah acara kedua
pengantin di hadapan pengurus jemaat gereja diikat dalam janji untuk
melangsunkan perkawinan. Martupol ini dihadiri oleh orang tua kedua
calon pengantin dan kaum kerabat mereka beserta para undangan yang
biasanya diadakan di dalam gereja.
5. Marhata Sinamot
6. Martonggo Raja
Perkawinan pada masyarakat Batak Toba bukan hanya urusan ayah dan
ibu kedua calon pengantin, tetapi merupakan urusan semua keluarga.
Karena itu orang tua calon pengantin akan mengumpulkan semua
anggota keluarga di rumah mereka masing-masing dan yang hadir
dalam upacara ini terutama menyangkut dalihan na tolu yaitu hula-
hula, boru, dongan sabutuha, dan dongan sahuta (teman sekampung).
8. Paulak Une
Acara ini dimasukkan sebagai langkah agar kedua belah pihak bebas
saling kunjung mengunjungi setelah beberapa hari berselang setelah
upacara perkawinan yang biasanya dilaksanakan seminggu setelah
upacara perkawinan, pihak pengantin laki-laki dan kerabatnya, bersama
pengantin pergi ke rumah pihak orang tua pihak pengantin perempuan.
Kesempatan inilah pihak perempuan mengetahui bahwa anak
perempuanya betah tinggal di rumah mertuanya.
9. Manjae
9. Maningkir Tangga
4. Telah memiliki cucu, namun masih ada anaknya yang belum menikah
(mate sari matua), dan