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1 Background of Study CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1. 1 Background of Study

There are many islands and tribes in Indonesia each tribe has its own custom. Habits, values, belief, culture and language. In the province of North Sumatera there are a lot of tribes, such as Bataknese, Karonese, Malay, and so on. Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of ethnic groups found in the highlands of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Their heartland lies to the west of Medan centre on Lake Toba. In fact the Batak include several groups with distinct, albeit related, languages and customs. While the term is used to include the Toba, Karo, Pak Pak, Simalungun, Angkola and Mandailing tribes. In Toba Batak society the patrilineal clan having it’s own the relationship among the three groups symbolized in “Dalihan Natolu” literally: the three earth- stones is the three functional groups which form the Batak society they are “Dongan Sabutuha” or marga companios, “Hula-hula” or bride-giver marga, or daughter giving group for marriage, and “Boru” or bride taker marga, or daughter receiving group for marriage. Universitas Sumatera Utara Dalihan Natolu plays an important role for Toba Batak livelihood including the whole life aspects of Toba Batak even to arrange marriage, particularly for Ulos and Ruma Batak are related to the function and the meaning of both Toba Batak ancestor heritage. Ulos is a rectangular shawl of Toba Batak woven cloth and the shawl is drapped by the authorized persons in the custom ceremonial and it has the sacred meaning. Furthermore the basic color is only three colors they are white, red and black. However Ruma Batak has many relations to Ulos Batak like the color in Gorga. There are only three colors and it has the same meaning also. The function of Ulos and Ruma related into each other whereas Ulos is to warm body and Ruma is a place to protect them from wild animals, heat and cool. Ruma Batak and Ulos Batak including marriage, death, birth, entering the new houses ceremony. I am interested in describing the Ulos and Ruma Batak as one of the cultural heritages Universitas Sumatera Utara

1. 2 Scope of Study

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