CHAPTER
III
THE BRANCH OF SI RAJA BATAK
3.1 The Meaning of Si Raja Batak
Tapanuli area, like Silindung, Pahae, Habinsaran have historical stories of diverse culture www.wikipedia.org. They have special meaning in their life.
Batak Toba culture is very interesting and unique. For example, the culture of clan or marga.
Marga is kinship of group patrilineal in Batak Toba society www.wikipedia.org; Siahaan, 1964:79. It is connected to the son. A father will
be satisfied if he has a son in his descendant and he will be disappointed if he doesn’t have a son.
Batak Toba people try to know their genealogy of their marga and try to know the history of their ancestors, that is who are embedded with elements of
myth. If the history is about several generations of a large, the possible element of its history is still greater, and certainly not free, from the influence of myth
Sandra, 1954:104; Siahaan, 1964:82. The first person known as ancestor Batak Toba society is Si Raja Batak.
He had background with unique myths. Long time ago there was a chicken named Manuk-manuk Hulambujati on the sky. It had a body size of giant butterfly and
had eggs pot of soil. It didn’t know how to hatch its eggs. So, it asked the mighty
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of heaven Mulajadi Na Bolon how to hatch it. It got the answer and it hatched Sandra, 1954:113; Siahaan, 1964:82; Hutagalung, 1976:9; www.google.com.
Manuk-manuk Hulambujati had three eggs, the first was named is Tuan Batara Guru, with a wife named Si Boru Pareme. The second egg was named
Ompu Tuan Soripada with a wife named Si Boru Parorot. The third was named Ompu Magalabulan with a wife named Si Boru Panuturi Hutagalung, 1991:9;
www.google.com. Tuan Batara Guru and his wife were the ancestors of Si Raja Batak. They
had three children. The daughter was the only one who was called Si Boru Deak Parujar and she had twins. The name of her twins was Raja Ihat Manisia and Si
Boru Itam Manisia who were the parents of Si Raja Batak Sandra, 1954:105; www.wikipedia.org.
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3.2 The Branches of Si Raja Batak
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