1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Background of Study
As we know, that Indonesia is a country that has many diverse cultures. One of them is ethnic. Each ethnic has its own culture, religion, social system, language and
customary norms, which are different one to another. As a young child Indonesia, the writer also wanted to observe one of the
Indonesia cultures, namely Toba Batak culture. One of Toba Batak culture is ceremony Mangongkal Holi take up the bones. Because the writer think, lately, this culture has
disappear in toba Batak community. The writer is also ethnic Batak, therefore, he interested to know more about culture.
As young generation, the writer wants to develop that culture. This is not easy because each culture have norms, customs and social system, which are different one to
another. The writer has intentionally chosen the title “ A Brief Description of Ceremony Mangongkal Holi in Toba Batak” because he wants to know more about
culture,especially culture of Toba Batak. Maybe he can preserve and maintain the culture through his good writing.
Finally, the writer hopes this paper can be useful for the reader who want to enrich the science in Batak culture.
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1.2 Scope of The Study
As we know, the ethnic Batak have many culture, the writer limits his problem discussion namely, the implementation of the ceremony Mangongkal Holi in Tradition
Toba batak.
1.3 Purpose of The Study
Purpose of this writing is to know the culture of Toba batak. In this paper the writer describes a culture of Toba batak, especially ceremony Mangongkal Holi, which
is described detail the process and implementation of road show that ceremony.
1.4 The Method of Study
To finish this paper, the writer has done a library research. He collects the data by reading some books that are relevant to the topic and access the internet to get
data and also interview the people who know more about culture batak to accelerate process of completing this paper.
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2. DESCRIPTION ABOUT MANGONGKAL HOLI.