4. OPENING NEW HOUSE
4.1 The Way of Celebrating Opening New House.
This is a ceremony of Opening New House Mengket Rumah Mbaru, which :
1. Sumalin Jabu
This is Opening New House mengket rumah mbaru that most simple, who is present only near Sangkep Enggelloh. To practice is not need deliberation. To Sumalin Jabu
ceremony usually looked a good day in the reliance of Karo society and role a Siniktik teacher uari the day is very important. Its side dish is only several chickens.
2. Mengkah Dapur
This is Opening New House ceremony that is begin with deliberate, but who is present still limited. In Opening New Housemengket rumah mbaru hahe not a
obligation in Karo custom. Its side dish can only a pig or goat.
3. Ngerencit
This is Opening New House with big ceremony. The practice must be deliberate. To side dish can a buffalo or cow.
4. Ertukam
This is Opening New House ceremony that most big and it can make several days and it can make in several days and several night. This is ceremony like night market and
only implemented by Sebayak, Bapa Urong and village head chief .
Ceremony of Opening New House in Karo society is joy ceremony. Because it illustrate of the success by someone. Every Karo people only once implement to
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ceremony of Opening New House, although they can establish more than house, while for others house held a party called SumalinJabu. In Karo society, to celebrate
of Opening New House must be agreement between Sukut, Kalimbubu, and Anak Beru. If one of them disagree then ceremonyof Opening New House can’t
implemented.
Mengket Rumah Mbaru usually began in the morning, with religious worship as well as the opening ceremony. This activity was followed by eating bananas and
cimpa g typical food karo society, its form like cake of glutinous rice flour and palm sugar. The next event is a breakfast with a menu of rice + Arsik ikan mas. After
breakfast, the host and her family wearing traditional clothe. In a ceremony of Opening New House, the host wear of traditional cloth Rose Remas-emas. This is
the most sublime clothing and noble in the life of the Karo community. This Cloth, may be subject to only two times by karo society. First at the time as the bride and
the second at the Opening New House ceremony. When the marriage karo people, not run with Traditional ceremony, then the
bride did not wear traditional cloth with the complete not complete rose. But when people are able to build his home and held a Opening New Housemengket rumah
mbaru ceremony, he had the opportunity to impose Complete Clothing Culture. Normally the opening new house mengket rumah mbaru like this combined with the
completion of customary marriage called the Ndungi Adat Perjabun. For those who do not use the opportunity karo both dressed in full traditional in a new home at the
time, there is no other opportunity to dress like this in the traditional ceremony.
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In this celebrate Mengket Rumah Mbaru, there are 3 groups Kalimbubu, they are: Kalimbubu Simajek Daliken, Kalimbubu Singosei and Kalimbubu Sierkimbang.
Usually all the ceremonies in karo society, this kalimbubu are kalimbubu who served and who received customary debt payments, but the Mengket rumah Mbaru, these
three groups Kalimbubu peradatan has a debt in the form of gift debt traditional,which is standard in the karo custom, asfollows:;
1. Kalimbubu Simajekken Daliken,
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