In the past, the Mandailing Society often held the ritual in these trees with take parlalas. And they will summon the spirits in the trees and they worship them
so that their life is better.
• Statues
In the past before Islam Era, many of Mandailing Societies worship of the statues like worship to the trees. They will hold the ritual to the spirits too. In
Longat is found the statues which it is called Sangkalon. Sangkalon can be made by wood or stone and it has variety of forms. It has some functions that are as law
symbols and keep the house or guard the house. The statues are believed as a supernatural and a magic and this tradition is
still practiced by Buddhism Hinduism.
2. Mystical Places
Mystical places are many found in Longat such as:
• Caves in Sampuran waterfall
Sampuran is a waterfall in the river. It is a beautiful waterfall which is covered of all kinds of grass and also a cave in it but Sampuran has a mystery in it
in order to many persons are not brave to come in it because if they try to come in, so that they cannot go out or they can be lost moreover if they are found, they
have died so the place would be haunted and mystical.
• Sampuraga
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The legend of hot water of the well in Sirambas and historical, there lived a son and his mother, a son who is called Sampuraga, they were very poor and
then he went out of his home town to working then he was success when he met again to his mother, he did not recognized his mother because he was shame to his
wife, then his mother was very sad because her son did not recognize and he was angry and cursed him with prayer to Allah SWT and pressed his milk and then
was happen storm and the blood appered so that he was drowned by the blood and lost.
Because rebelliousness to his mother, he can be cursed and this place turns into a bath place of hot water, and if we call na maila marina malu beribu then
hot water will spurt upward immediately and this place became to tourism object and a cultural heritage for future generations.
• Cemetery
Cemetery is a place that is also feared by the people because it is where people who have died so many people are afraid to pass through it but there are
several tombs of syekh or popular person among the people Mandailing into a sacred tomb and many people came on a pilgrimage to get a blessing from him.
In the past time, the Mandailing Society often held the ritual in it with take parlalas and they will summon the spirits in the cemetery and they worship them
so that their life is better.
3. Mystical Person
Mystical Persons are found from in Longat many circles like the follows as:
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• Tradition Leaders
In general, traditional leaders, or can be called dukun paranormal still running tradition in their life, so they tend to behave the mystical is still running
the ceremonial rites and its knowledge will be derived to their children and grandchildren as an inheritance customs.
• Religious
The religious leaders can be mystical person because they contain very deep mystical religion and practice it in their life so they are never concerned with the
worldly life, but their pursuit of life in the afterlife because wordly life is temporary but the afterlife forever. Examples of scholars, religious teachers,
syekhs, and kyai. The religious leaders also form an organization tarekat to have followers in
every tarekat. Popular tarekat of Mandailing Society in Longat is Naqsyabandiah Tarekat.
• The Society
The number of people has a mystical in their lives. This mystic could exist from innate, talent and learned by the people in the mystical. Congenital
excess of this may be a god or a derivative of his ancestors, and they study mysticism to several purposes such as: keep the body, amulets, profession and
helping other people and etc.
4. Myth Mystical Story
