The Significance of Study The Method of Writing The Location and Situation of the Area

1.4 The Significance of Study

This paper is just a reference. By study this paper, I hope that the readers will get an additional knowledge about the wedding ceremony in Banda Aceh, so that they could implicate it in their daily life or when they want to get marry. I also hope that by reading this paper, the reader could keep the traditional customs in order to help the government in maintaining the national culture.

1.5 The Method of Writing

In writing this paper, I use the library research, by taking the data from books, etc. that relevant for this paper. Besides that, I also take data from internet to complete the data taken from the source above. 3 Universitas Sumatera Utara CHAPTER 2 A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BANDA ACEH

2.1. The Location and Situation of the Area

The meaning of that symbol are culture and religion that symbolize the “Gunongan” and dome of mosque. The pepper and rice are symbolized with prosperity. The drawn of Acehnese dagger rencong is symbolize with heroism. The shield is symbolize with defender or protection of people. Yellow is symbolized with majesty. Banda Aceh is a province of Indonesia. It is located on western part of Indonesia or at the end of northern Sumatera Islands. Astronomically, it is located between 2°- 6° North Latitude and 98° East Longitude. The areas are 55.390 km² in width. Banda Aceh has a tropical climate. 4 Universitas Sumatera Utara The administrative center of the province is located in Banda Aceh, it is the religion city and also called as Serambi Mekah. Banda Aceh has some natural resources which were very famous; such petroleum in East Aceh, gold mine in West Aceh, cement in Lhoknga, Banda Aceh. Besides that, Banda Aceh also offer some beautiful scenery, such as: 1. Seulawah Agam Mountain – this 1.806 m is one of the great hiking and trekking destination for overseas tourists. 2. Seulawah Inong Mountain – this 1.500 m is located in Pidie. 3. Leuser Mountain – this 3.512 m is located in Southeast Aceh. It is Wild Animals area from the World Wildlife Fund, which is the Cooperation Project between Indonesia and Nederland Leuser Mountain-Committee. 4. Iboh Beach – this is located in Sabang and as the great diving for overseas tourists. Banda Aceh also has some universities, there are Syiah Kuala University and IAIN Ar-Raniry University, they are the most famous, and located in Banda Aceh. Syiah Kuala University has some faculties with the most famous, there are Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Economy. Banda Aceh is a famous city for Islamic Religious Law. 5 Universitas Sumatera Utara

2.2 The Villager