Representation of Living Values in Batak Traditional Songs

International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding, 2018

This article focuses on understanding the meaning and value contained in the text so as to obtain one-unity interpretation in Ilir-ilir tembang. This song was created by Raden Sahid namely Sunan Kalijaga which is one member of the Walisongo…

LINGUISTICA, 2020

This study focused on finding out the cultural values in song lyrics Endeng-endeng of Mandailing society in North Labuhanbatu Regency. The objectives of this study were : (1) to find out the types of cultural values in song lyrics Endeng-endeng, (2) to find out the dominant types that used in song lyrics Endeng-endeng and (3) how the realization of the cultural values in wedding ceremony of Mandailing society in North Labuhanbatu Regency. This research was conducted by using descriptive qualitative design. There were 18 data of cultural values that were taken from song lyrics Endeng-endeng transcriptions. The findings of this research were : (1) There were nine cultural values of Batak that found in song lyrics Endeng-endeng, that contained kinship (16.7%), religion (16.7%), hagabeon (extended family)(11.1%), hasangapon (respect) (11.1%), hamoraon (wealth) (5.5%), hamajuon (modernization) (11.1%), patik dohot uhum (rules and laws) (11.1%), pangayoman (nurture) (5.5%) marsisarian (c...

PARAFRASE : Jurnal Kajian Kebahasaan & Kesastraan

Marriage is one of the culture universals being that it is contracted in every society of the world, but its mode of contract varies from one society to the other. Marriage is one of life’s major passages, one of the most profound rites of passage that a person or a couple can experience. In many cultures, marriage is generally made known to the public through marriage ceremony. This paper unravels the semiotics of a marriage tradition in Batak Toba Society. Batak Toba is one of the ethnic groups of Batak society, which is still doing wedding tradition as one of its cultural activities. The theoretical framework applied is the conception of signs by Charles Sanders Peirce. According to Peirce, ‘meaning’ is a triadic relation between a sign, an object, and an interpretant. There are three types of signs: icon, index and symbol. This work will reveal the meaning of icons, indexes and symbols in the marriage tradition.

PAROLE: Journal of Linguistics and Education

This study is set to explain social standards decoded through traditional songs for Banjarese children. This study is carried out under a descriptive qualitative design. The data are taken from 36 songs sung for different purposes, from lullabies to traditional games companions. Observation and interviews are the techniques employed to collect the data. The observation and the interview are conducted in regions representing two distinguished dialects of the Banjar language: Banjar Hulu and Banjar Kuala. Cultural Linguistics is an approach for data analysis. The lyrics of investigated songs are registered into five categories reflecting different standards expected by Banjarese society for children. The results of the study show the desired and undesired social values believed by Banjarese society. These values are introduced to children, not through the media of preaching, but common practice of Banjarese families, singing.

2020

Gondang music, as a heritage, is preserved and passed down from generation to generation. It has a unique ethical value that it becomes the local wisdom of the Batak Toba people. The purpose of this study is to identify the social values of Batak Toba traditional marriages, and the rules of the Gondang music played at traditional wedding ceremonies. This article analyzes the symbols in the Batak traditional wedding ceremony. Symbols such as language, myths, music, and dances that contain social values namely rules, norms and ethics of traditional wedding ceremonies. The results show that 1) Customary marriage upholds the value of respect to several parties involved in traditional ceremonies, 2) Customary marriage emphasizes prayer and hope for the future of the bride and her extended family, 3) The role of Gondang music is as a bridge of prayer and praise to God, 4) Gondang music is a tool used by the family to express joy and happiness over the traditional marriage by means of tor-...

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN LINGUISTICS, 2017

This research background of how the style of language in the lyrics of Mandar song because of today many of the Mandar song lovers who lack understanding of the meaning that is in the lyrics Mandar song. The purpose of this research was to describe the fact of lyrics and identify the style of language in the lyrics of the song Mandar. This research applied descriptive qualitative research method. Descriptive research was a research procedure that produces descriptive data in the form of written words about the nature of individuals, circumstances, symptoms of certain groups that can be observed. The study, which began in September 2015 to January 2016, was unbound by space. In this study, it was found that the most commonly used hyperbola, asonation, and repetition style. Concluding remarks of the study were 174 lyric styles consisting of 8 personatic language styles, 6 metaphorical language styles, 7 simile / comparison language styles, 10 depersonative language styles, hyperbolic ...

Indonesia, 1992

Kadera Bahasa, 2016

"Cultural Meaning in the Lyrics of Minahasa Folk Songs as Local Wisdom" is a result of study that was conducted to get cultural meaning in the lyrics of Minahasan folk songs. The problems of the study are 1) what vocabularies, phrases, clauses, and sentences that can be found in the lyrics of Minahasan folk songs that songs that show local wisdom in Minahasa and 2) what cultural meaning that bore in the lyrics of Minahasan songs. The research is aimed to indentify and classify vocabularies, phrases, clauses, and sentences found in the lyrics of Minahasan folk songs that show local wisdom in Minahasa and 2) explain cultural meaning that bore in the lyrics of Minahasan folk songs. The methods of research that is applied is qualitative descriptive method through the stages of data collecting and analyzing. The data was gathered by technique of observation and interview that then analyzed by semiotics theory of Pierce and Rifaterre. The result of this research is an explanation on cultural meaning that is bored in the lyrics of Minahasan folk song, such as words, phrases, and sentences as local wisdom.

Journal of A Sustainable Global South, 2019

A song, one of the literary works and arts, is full of the contents of the values of the local wisdom of the community, because its creation is usually based on factual phenomena that are happening in the community. This article aims to see the implementation of Tri Hita Karana belief as the local wisdom of Balinese people in Balinese songs entitled Tangis Pertiwi. This song was comprehensively observed and recorded to be analyzed by qualitative methods with a descriptive approach. The results of data analysis show that the song Tangis Pertiwi has a thematic structure, namely harmony supported by schematic structures that are systematically arranged in song verse, such as the harmonious relationship between humans and nature implied in the first verse, between humans and humans in the second verse, and humans with God Almighty in the third verse. Viewed from the dimensions of cultural meaning, the song Tangis Pertiwi contains moral values in the form of advice and suggestion to alwa...

2020

This study aims to find out the song of Lament in the Old Testament; know the Andung Andung in the Toba Batak culture; know the similarities and differences in the content, meaning and purpose of lament songs in the Old Testament and Andung Andung in the Toba Batak culture. Singing lament or mangandung is one of the unique cultural heritages in the Toba Batak community. Andung is usually sung by a professional singer to tell the good deeds of someone who has died, also to express the sadness and sorrow of the family left behind. However, in reality the practice of the Mangandung culture has begun to be rarely practiced among Batak people today, the AndungAndung tradition is endangered. Many factors are considered to be the cause of the extinction of this andung andung, according to the researchers themselves one of the main contributing factors is the prohibition of the church to conceive because it is considered contrary to the teachings of Christianity. It is very urgent and urgent to revive the song of lamentations in the Old Testament which is implied in the worship of believers, as urgent and urgent to civilize the andungandung in the Toba Batak culture as a cultural heritage that is priceless. The culture of lamenting in the midst of the Christian congregation also needs to be implied, although it requires a deeper study of the models, patterns, and mourning mechanisms in the midst of worship.