7 Begu Ganjang, it is the most cruel ghost. This ghost ordered by the own of the
ghost to disturb another people. 8
Begu Sirudang Gara, the people ask this ghost to keep their farm, firs poll, so that the other or the tehif can not steal.
9 Begu Manusia Si Enggo Mate, the ghost of every people that have died.
10 Begu Binatang Jinak asuh-asuhen, the ghost of the name animals that have died.
11 Begu Binatang Liar Si Enggo Mate, the ghost of the wild animals that have died.
2.2 Karo Society
Karo society use Karo Language to communicate in their everyday lives. So, it can be said that Karo ethnic communities are native speakers of Karo
language. Overall, more of Karo ethnic communities live outside of Karo regency, but when it is viewed in a single regency the biggest population of Karo ethnic
communities live in Karo regency. According to the reality, everywhere they reside they always use Karo language to communicate amongst Karo ethnic
communities Their loyalty of using Karo language is very high. Karo communities who live in Karo regency, Deli Serdang, and Langkat
majority are farmers. They palnt palm, rubber, and pulses, they do not have livelihood as fisherma eventhought they live in seashore. Moreover, some people
are working a civil servants, armed forces, and trade.
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Generally, Kareo people who live in Karo regency farming by growing wet rice and dry rice, fruit and vegetable. It is caused by natural support
circumstanceas, the fertile soil and cool air is accompanied by quite rainfall. Karo ethnic communities that live Deli Serdang regency and Langkat generall are
rubber and oil palm farmers, despite there is also some people grow crops. If it is seen by democracy viewpoint, we can find that cooperation degree
in a democracy of Karo people who live in Karo regency is higher that Deli Serdang and Langkat, because in these two regwncies are not found Aron
anymore. Aron Karo means’a gropu of people who have common interest’. Or in other words’s have ansimilar interest’. Aron have 10 to 25 people in one group.
Aron members do not distinguish the gender. They work with system. It means in one day all of the member will work together in A’s field for 4 hour 4 x 60” for
one period starting from 8.00 from am until 12.00 1m. During one day they have two stage time to work, they are four-hour in the
morning and four-hour in the afternoon from 1.00 pm to 17.00 pm. When the A’s field can be completed during on stage then another stage may move to
another work place or to another member field. It is usually meadured by the situation and condition will be set by the group leader.
2.3The Kindship of Karo Tribe.
Kindship is a term used by the society who use as the linguistic aspect to address someone in their daily lives. Generally, it can be understood that any
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society in the world has its own system in using the kinship. For example, the English society uses the kinship terms as follows.
The terms of Karonese kinship are Husband, Wife, Father, Mother, Son, Dauhter, Brother, Sister, Uncle, Aunt Father in Law, Mother in Law, Brother in
Law, Sisater in Law, Grand Father, Grand Mother, Grand Son, Grand Daughter Nephew, Cousin. Great Grand Father, Great Grand Mother, Gread Grand Dauhter.
Kinship system have long held a central in the attention of anthropologists and of all those concerned with the common and distinctive features of our human
social life. It is easy to see why this shoul be so. Human beings, everywhere and always, with only minor exceptions, have lived in families. We have developed
our wider social institutions in conformity with, and sometimes in direct articulation with, our patterns of family living. In particular, some of the most
complex intellectual achiements of human communities are the various symbolic system which they have evolved for describing relations between kinsfolk and for
specifying what the content of these relation should be. The development and perpetuation of these intricate schemes has scarcely been correclated with the
attainment of technical mastery over the natural environment, for some of the societies most advanced technically manage with quite unimpressive system of
kinship. Sembiring 2008 say that the very important thing in Karo Batak society is
Merga Silima, Tutur siwaluh and Rakut sitelu. Karonese has clan, called “ merga” is used for man and “ beru” for woman. Merga or beru is used at the end of
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someone’s name nad also will inherit with “ bere-bere”, beru from their’s own mother.
The clan merga in Karo society consists of five groups, they are : 1
Sembiring : Milala, Depari, Busuk, Bunuaji, Brahmana, Colia, Gurukinayan, Keling, Muham, Pandia, Pelawi, Pandebayang, inukapor, Tekang, Keloko,
Kembaren, Sinulaki,Sinupayaung. 2
Perangin-angin : Bangun, Penggarun, Perbesi, Pinem, Sebayang,Benjerang, Kacinabun, Keliat, Laksa, Manu, Namohaji, Pencawan Penggarun.
3 Ginting : Jadibata, Suguhen, Garamata, Gurupatimpus, Suka, Babo, Jawak,
Pase, Ajartambunan, Bears, Seragih, Capah, Tumangger, Munte, Manik. 4
Tarigan : Tua, Gerneng, Girsang, Gana-gana, Jampang, Pekan, Purba, Sibero, Silangit, Tambak, Tambun, Tegur, Bondang.
5 Karo-karo : Barus, Kaban, Sinuhaji, Purba, Kacaribu, Sinukaban, Samura,
Sukapiring, Sitepu. Merga is the important thing in Karonese society life. It is very useful to express
one’s identify also its relation to find kinship system ertutur. In ertutur there are some lining to find our position when we introduce each other. The lining process
or ertutur are : 1
Merga or Beru, is a family name that is inherited to someone from his father’s family name or from generation to generation, and woman can not inherit to
her children. 2
Bere-bere, is a family name that is inherited from beru of their mother.
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3 Kempu perkempun, is a family a name that is inherited to someone from
mother’s bere-bere. 4
Kampah, is a family name from beru of great-grand parend father’s grandmother
5 Binunag, is a family name that is inherited from father’s bere-bere.
6 Soler, is a family name which is inherited from beru of grandmother mother’s
grandmother Tutur Siwaluh is the kindship system concept of Karonese society which is
related to introduction process ertutur and it consists of eigh groups, they are puang Kalimbubu, Kalimbubu, senina Sembuyak, senina sepemeren, senina
Sipengalon Sendalanen, Anak Beru and Anak Beru Menteri. In traditional ceremony Tutur Siwaluh is the kinship system concept of Karonese society which
is related in introduction process ertutur and it consists of eigh groups, they are Puang Kalimbubu, Kalimbubu, Senina, Sembuyak, Senina, Sipemeren, Senian
SipengalonSendalanen, Anak Beru, Anak Beru Menteri. In traditional ceremony, Tutur Siwaluh can be divided into specific group depending on necessity in
traditional ceremony. The other important things in kindship system of Karonese society is Rakut
Sitelu or Dalikan Sitelu. The meaning of Rakut Sitelu is sangkep Nggeluh the completeness of life for karonese society and it consists of three groups, they are
Kalimbubu, SeninaSembuyak, and Anak Beru. Eventhough Karonese society can be Kalimbubu, Senina Sembuyak, and Anak Beru, it depends on the situation and
condition at the time.
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2.2 Karo Language.
