The Scope of Study

1.4 Method of Study

1 Library research Research is akind of research use to find related written texts 2 Field research Fiel research is a kind of research used by the researcher collect the required data from some informans who are regarded representative to the whole population The population of this research is the society of Karonese.

1.5 The Reason for Choosing this Topic.

The writer has reason for chosing this topic. It is because this topic is new and exciting, it has not been writing by any more anoe in D III English program studies. The Proplem in this topic makes the writer fell Interested to discuss this topic.

1.6 The Scope of Study

The writer wants to writer about Calling The Ghost in Karo society. Universitas Sumatera Utara 2.A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF KARO BATAK SOCIETY. 2.1 The Religion. Subandi 2003 says that The Princes state of Indonesia is Pancasila etymologically, pancasila comes from two words, that are panc and sila. Panca means five and sila means stone, principle, and basic. So, pancasila is five principles. The firs principle is “ Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa”. It measn that there is a belive to ward the single almonty God, who creates univeise and it’s contents. There are five religion in Indonesia : Christian Chatolik, Cristian Protestan, Islam, Hindu and Budha. Before Christian, Islam, Hindu,and Chatolik spread to Karo land, Karonese society belived in animism. Besid that there are still many gods nad spirits that are realated to their forefather spirits. Whenever they need them, the spirit can be called. The calling of the forefather spirit is holding ritual ceremony. Where the spirit come through an intermediaryor shaman Tarigan 2011: 21 says “ Agama perbegu pemena sampai sekarang dapat bertahan di tnah karo, karena hukum-hukum agama bersumber dari adat istiadat dan sudah menjadi darah daging bagi masyarakat Karo” Perbegu religion is one of system of belief of karonese they belive that every people has soul tendi, when somebody pass away their soul will change to be begu. In 1946, perbegu religion in Karo land had changed become pemena by Guru-guru Mbelin. The Change of this name because there are so many pressure Universitas Sumatera Utara from Belanda Colonial. Guru in the point of view of Karonese has come classifications and it will depend on herhis profesiency. Tarigan 2011: 66 says that the kinds of Guru In Karonese are: 1 Guru Belin Mbelin The person who is able to ceremony kinds of disease. 2 Guru Penawaren The person who is able make tradisional medicine. 3 Guru Pengarkari The person who is able avoid misfortune in a family. 4 Guru Ngalok Ken The person who is able to care disease which is made by ather people and to send back th disease to the sender. 5 Guru Erselisih The person who is able to cure disease which is cause by soul-lost, in Karonese it is known as Birawan. 6 Guru Siniktik Wari The person who is able to read best day to do something, and the harm,can be avoided. 7 Guru Pedewel-dewel Guru Kemulen Guru Sibaso. Universitas Sumatera Utara The person who is able to call soul and become the medium to communicate with the soul 8 Guru Sidualapis Pengenen Matana. The person who is able to see Ghosts. 9 Guru Singoge Grek-gereken. The person who is able to rad a phenomenon by using an egg. 10 Guru Ngeluncang. The person who is able to do ritual of chasing away bad ghost from village. 11 Guru Pejinujung The person who has a spirit to look after family in Karo language is called Jinunjung. Or scientifically known as guardian-spirit. The traditional ritual in Calling Ghost are also led by Guru, The name of guru than usually leads the ritual is Perdewel-dewelKemulen Guru. Guru has a role to be the spirit medium in ritual they lead. In common, Guru SibasoPedewel-dewel dominated by woman because in opinion of Karo the soul tendi of the woman is softer than man, it makes the ghost gets in to body easir. Before Hinduism, Islamic and Christian come in to Karo land area, Karonese already had their own religion, it is called pagan perbegu. Perbegu come from words begu ,that means ghost, the soul of the people that have died. Universitas Sumatera Utara They belived that everything in the world, whatever it is real or not is the creation of God Dibata that is known as Dibata Kaci-Kaci. Dibata Kaci-kaci has three territories, they are: 1 Dibata Datas, Known as Guru Batara, Who authorizes the sky. 2 Dibata Tengah, Known as Tuhan Padukah ni Aji, who authorizes our earth. 3 Dibata Teruh, known as Diabat Banua Koling, Who authorizes low earh In the past time, when the modern religion spread in Karo Batak, the people rejectedit Nowdays, most of them belive in Christianity. They belive in Jesus Christ as Human Savior. To get eternal the teaching. Karo Batak Society adopts the Patrilineal sytem. Each members of the society follows his or her hereditary family name. All sons and daughters use their father’s can. After getting married, a daughter has no righ anymore to use her father’s clan, but sons have to use their father’s clan forever, although they are married or not. Karo people belive that every soul of deatn body becomes ghost begu. Tarigan 1990 says that In Karonese society, they are many kind ghost in their society, such as the ghost that can help the peoples it is called Begu jabu, the ghost that can disturb the people around the earth it is called Begu Darat, and Begu Jenujung, it is for the special people and he or she has a strength, it is different with another people he or he has six sense. Begu Jabu or Begu Kade- kade family is the Ghosts of the people that have died, nears to the family. The Kinds of Begu Jabu are: Universitas Sumatera Utara 1 Begu Batar Guru is the ghost of the people that have died in pregnancy time, it’s also called as Begu perkaku jabu begu penjamin keluarga. 2 Begu Bicara Guru is the ghost of the children that have died before the teeth of the children yet grow. 3 Begu Si Mate Sada Wari is the ghost of the people that have died in one day, not caused by the illness but he or she die suddenly get an accident, killed by other people, die in a wato fight the enemy, die in defend the truth. etc. The people give the sacrifices for Begu Si Mate Wari so that they won’t disturb the peoples it is usully called as begu perkakun jabu sipeteluken. Begu darat is the ghost that can disturb the people around the earth, not only their own but all peoples. The Kinds of Begu Darat are : 1 Simate kayat-kayaten, the ghost of the people that have died cause by the illness for long time. 2 Begu Tungkup, the ghost of a girl that have died before married. All the people should to respect to this ghost. 3 Begu Mentas, the ghost that come form another family not from the her under thost, be towner 4 Begu Menggep, this is the evil ghost, be there under the stairs of karonese hous teruh karangteruh redan rumah 5 Begu Sidangbela, the ghost of the pregnant woman that have died, be there around the swaterworks. 6 Begu Juma, it is the ghost that have died in generally, this ghost always disturb the people that work in farm. Universitas Sumatera Utara 7 Begu Ganjang, it is the most cruel ghost. This ghost ordered by the own of the ghost to disturb another people. 8 Begu Sirudang Gara, the people ask this ghost to keep their farm, firs poll, so that the other or the tehif can not steal. 9 Begu Manusia Si Enggo Mate, the ghost of every people that have died. 10 Begu Binatang Jinak asuh-asuhen, the ghost of the name animals that have died. 11 Begu Binatang Liar Si Enggo Mate, the ghost of the wild animals that have died.

2.2 Karo Society