valley, lake, and the natural pledges that attract the tourist attention. The beautiful valley is found in Silindung, Lake Toba, and Karo region. www.indonesia.co.id
Batak Toba region is located in North Tapanuli regency. It stands on the southeastern side of Medan City. Toba areas are limited into:
-North : Dairi, Simalungun and Tanah Karo regency
-South : Middle Tapanuli and South Tapanuli regency
-East : Asahan and Labuhan Batu regency
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West : Middle Tapanuli and Southeast regency
www.wikipedia.org. The Sumatera island is crossed by the equator line, so it effects on the
climate of North Sumatera. Dry and hot season that come, it causes the soil fertile, and it is good for growing plants. Generally, the man livelihood of Batak Toba
people is agriculture. In addition, Batak Toba people practice the traditional cattle breeding. They let their cattle live free in the wide fields, such as pigs, cows,
buffaloes, and chickens www.indonesia.co.id.
2.2 Religion of Batak Toba
Batak Toba society has followed Protestant Christianity, which was spread by Nomensen German missionaries in 1863. Before the Batak Toba
followed it, they had a religious belief system. They believed about Mulajadi Na Bolon who had the power in over in the heaven and his emitted power manifested
in Debata Na Tolu. Debata Na Tolu is god of universe that divided into three levels: The Upper-world called “Banua Ginjang”, The Middle-World called
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“Banua Tonga” and The Under-World called “Banua Toru”
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Batak Toba society knows three concepts of belief, namely: -Tondi
: The spirit of a person who can give life to man. A man gets it since from his mother womb. When tondi leave his
body, he will get sick or die. They must make ceremony to fetch his tondi from sombaon who was captivated.
-Sahala : The spirit of power that someone. Everyone has tondi but
not all have sahala. Sahala is the luck or the power of magic that the king owned or hula-hula in Batak beliefs.
-Begu : The spirit of died person or ghost www.wikipedia.org.
Part of Batak Toba society still believes in those concepts. They do not leave their beliefs although it is an ancient traditional.
2.3 The Social Structure
The social structure of the Batak Toba society based on “Dalihan Na Tolu” trivet. Batak Toba society follows the patrilineal system. Each member of
the society follows his or her hereditary family name. All children, sons, and daughters use their father’s clan. After getting married, a daughter has no right
anymore to use her father’s clan. However, she has to use her husband’s clan. Sons have to use their father’s clan forever, even though he is married or not
Situmeang, 1968:12; Siahaan, 1964:78.
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Batak Toba Society makes a relationship with another people. Everyone respects another and it is called Dalihan Na Tolu three fireplaces, namely a
division of society over three groups. Then, the three groups become the terms of kindship system in Batak Toba Society, they are Hula-hula, Boru, and Dongan
Sabutuha Situmeang, 1968:12; Sandra, 1954:107. Dalihan Na Tolu has three principles, namely somba Marhula-hula
means that we must respect to wife parent’s side; Manat Mardongan Tubu Means that we must be attentive to the same clan; and elek marboru that we must be
persuasive the sister’s side. www.indonesia.co.id; www.google.com
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CHAPTER
III
THE BRANCH OF SI RAJA BATAK
3.1 The Meaning of Si Raja Batak
