9 B is Vero Beru Ginting, 10 B is Almi Beru Perangin-angin, and 11 B is Toto Ginting
8 B is turangku sister in law of 9 B and 10 B 8 B and 11 B are siparibanen brother in law
12 B, 13 B, and 14 B are the son of 3 B and 8 B 12 B is Dani Pelawi, 13 B is Isda Beru Pelawi, and 14 B is Ginta Beru Pelawi the
children of 3 A and 6 A. 12 B, 13 B, and 14 B are the grandson kempu of 1 B and 2 B
1 B is the grandfather bulang, laki, bayak, dan bolang of 12 B, 13 B and 14 B 2 B is the grandmother nangin, nondong, nini of 12 B, 13 B and 14 B
At a time when the grandson ente are married and they have children, then all children are entah of 1 and 2. Furthermore, it can be said that the family
name of each person of Karo ethnic communities in passing time just seen one, but actually it is comprised of four components. For examples, the number 4A in
the sketch is Iswanta Sembiring Pelawi Bere-bere Ginting Suka and number 3B is Dasnawati Beru Karo-karo Surbakti Bere-bere Ginting.
According to the Karo society laws that the people who get Rebu can not dance together on one stage. Rebu is found between sondaughter in law with
fathermother in law, the wife with the brother in law, the hubsband with the sister in law. So, in Karo society all of the relations are considered taboo, or rebu in
Karo language term.
2.2 Karo People Ethnic Group
Indonesia has more than thirty seven provinces states, and one of them is North Sumatera. North Sumatera has 25 distinctive regencies. One of the those
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regencies is called Karo Regency whose inhabitants are referred to as the Karo people. The Karo ethnic group is one of the thousands of different ethnic groups
in Indonesia. The number of Karonese population is apporoximately two million people. In addition to the Karonese people who live in the regency of Karo, there
are also Karonese ethnic groups who live in parts of six other regencies. The number of Karonese people who live outside the Karo Regency is more than the
number who live in the Karo Regency it self. The whole Karo people consist of three different status groups which are
determined by the inter-relationship between five surnames as it is shown in this diagram below.
Explanation of the diagram above. -
Box A is Karo ethnic in general. -
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