3.
NENGGET CEREMONY
Nengget means a great surprise by practicing a suddenly afraid or frightened the couple. Nengget is a tradition of Karo society. Whereever the
members of Karonese society will know the meaning of Nengget. Nengget is a belief of the Karonese society. The ceremony of Nengget can be differentiated
into three kinds. The differences will be dealed with the purposes. The practice of Nengget is something as like as a praying or applying a wish to God. The society
of Karo believe that there is God. The people of Karonese believe that for God nothing is impossible. The people of Karo usually practice the ceremony of
Nengget if they or a couple of married people have not had a child or in other word it can be said that the wife of the husband has not given a birth to a baby.
For this circumstance without letting the couple, both sides of their parents discussed about the planing of the Nengget ceremony or in the other words we
may say secretly. If the planning is spread out and heard by the couple who will be received the Nengget, means the planning is failed.
Firstly, it is very often that after the Nengget ceremony applied to the couple who have not had the kid directly get the wish after a year. Secondly, when
a couple of parents have not got a certain kid, for example a daughter, but have already got three or more sons, Nengget will be applied for them to get a son.
Thirdly, Nengget will be applied for a couple of parents who already get three or more daughters, but have not got a son, so Nengget is applied for them to pray for
the coming a son.
3.1 Nengget for a Baby Birth
Getting the descent is very important in the life of the Karo society. Moreover, the degree and the existence of a family is often judged by number of
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descendants. The former Karonese has a philosophy which say that the more children you have the more luck you will get. Simply or in short time it is true,
because long – long time ago in Karo High land there was a lot of land uncultivated or it was before the Indonesian get their independence from the
Dutch colony. So, if a family has eight or more children they can have more land to be opened. This land was distributed by the land lord of the village.
♂1A ♀2A ♂1B ♀2B
♂ 3 A ♀3 B
In the family scheme of A and B is shown that 3A is the son of 1A and 2A. 3B is the daughter of 1B and 2B. At the time, for example 3A and 3B have
got married for more than five years and unfortunately that 3B has not given a birth to a baby, their parents directly feel very sad, because 1A and 2B that their
generation will be finished after 3A. 1B and 2B feel very sad, because they afraid that 3A their son in law will go to find another girl to replace the position of 3B in
the purpose of getting kid. Because, Karonese society adopt patrilineal system where the lineage is continued from father lineage. So for this situation the
Sangkep Ngeluh three institutions from both parties will plan for the couple the Nengget.
3.2 Nengget for the Birth of a Son
As we know, that Karonese society adopted patrilineal system, where the lineage is continued from father lineage. Therefore, the present of a son is so
expected in a family. Without the present of a son the existence of a family will be lost over the time.
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Jhon Anita
Sembiring br
Tatigan ♂
♀
Jelita br Sembiring Juwita br Sembiring Jeni br Sembiring ♀
♀ ♀
In the family scheme of John Sembiring and Anita br Tarigan is shown that from the result of their marriage they get three daughters but no son. That is
definitely worried for the family, because according to the patrilineal system the family will not have the next generation or who will continue the family name,
Sembiring. They are also worry about their property and inheritance that will fall into the other party. For example, if Jelita br Sembiring will married to a man
from clan of Tarigan, then the property that is inherited to her will be held solely by her husband from of Tarigan.
Therefore, the parents of both sides will discuss with their Sangkep Ngeluh the time and plan to do Nengget. Without a notice to the couple they will discuss
the plan to make a surprise to the couple and hope the couple can get a son.
3.3 Nengget for the Birth of a Daughter
