significance of textiles in traditional Toba Batak society is manifested in the role of Ragi Hotang as ceremonial wedding mantle, where as a symbol of rattan, it binds the
couple together with toughness and longevity. At the moment when the marriage is made, an act called mangulosi is
performed by the happy life and many children. They then pull the ends together create a full circle as a symbol of unity that binds them together as tightly as rattan.
The band of twining at the ends called Sirat Godang is wider than that on any other Toba Batak textile.
3. 5. 4 Ulos Mangiring
Ulos mangiring come from Toba batak, a hand woven ikat cloth called Ulos Mangiring. Ulos Mangiring are always deep red or maroon and feature solid side
panels and a central area defined with small pinstripes in different colors. The Ulos Mangiring serves as the Ulos Parompa, or carrying cloth, that is presented by the
maternal grandparents on the birth of their daughter’s first child. It is also seen as a head cloth on festive occasions.
3. 5. 5 Ulos Tumtuman
Ulos Tumtuman woven in early twentieth century, Ulos Tumtuman wore by a shaman Datu the function as a headcloth for a ritual ceremonies like a transfer of the
bones to the reburial tomb called Panangkokhon saring-saring. Words panangkokhon and saring-saring originally meant “raising” and respectively. Ulos Tumtuman rarely
found in Toba Batak particularly for a certain group they are “Parmalim” ulos
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Tumtuman become a primary cloth for their ritual. The scarce of Ulos Tumtuman result the generations of Toba Batak unknown Ulos Tumtuman.
3. 5. 6 Ulos Suri-suri
Handwoven ikat shoulder cloth from the Toba Batak people, central panel with dark ground and fine lined sharp geometric motifs in succeeding parallel bands.
Each end features multiple colored bands in supplementary weft. Three analogous bands run acroos the body of the cloth. Twined finishing band, with corded fringe.
Ulos suri-suri
3. 5. 7 Ulos Sadum
Ulos Sadum motive are colourfull, nowadays uses in a joyful ceremony like marriage, it is put on bridge shoulder in order to they are happy and get children, but
the other function of Ulos Sadum more functional in a formal ceremony for welcoming a high functionary symbolize a honourity.
3. 5. 8 Ulos Sibolang
Ulos Sibolang could be wear for happiness and sorrow ceremonial, for sorrow ceremonial choosed a pitch black, and for happiness ceremonial choosed a black grey
colour. For death ceremonial ritual like for Saurmatua could be use Ulos Sibolang as Ulos Sampe-sampe could not change the other kind of Ulos, in marriage ceremonial
usually could be wear as Hande-hande named “sipamontari”. Most of ceremonial
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could be wear Ulos sibolang because it has two functional that could be wear in sorrow or ceremonial as a result Ulos Sibolang become conform to Toba Batak norm.
3. 5. 9 Ulos Runjat
