The Role of Women in Martonggotonggo Performance at the Toba Batak Traditional Ceremony
Yessy Octavianna¹, Robert Sibarani², Hamzon Situmorang³, Nam Syahot Hasibuan4
¹Student of Doctoral, Post-Graduate Department in Linguistics, Faculty of Cultural Science, University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia;
Faculty of Cultural Science, University of Sumatera Utara, Indonesia;
Abstract
Abstract Every traditional ceremony of the Toba Batak community always requires the role of women, both in traditional marriage and death ceremonies. Batak women-s role is very important and respected in traditional ceremonies. The ceremonies will not run perfectly if there is no role for women. This is seen at the customary wedding. The first respectful is given to women-s party (hulahula). If they will perform a traditional ceremony, they will first perform the ritual of martonggo. The ritual of martonggo is a tradition of praying to Debata (god), and also means calling or asking of blessing both in the religious and traditional ceremonies. As for what is requested or called in traditional ceremonies is gondang (the traditional music of Batak). This gondang serves as a complement or offering to God who accompanied them to dance, (manortor). The purpose of this paper is to describe (1) how the role of Toba Batak women in martonggotonggo performance at the Toba Batak traditional ceremony, (2) the function of Toba Batak women in martonggotonggo performance at the Toba Batak traditional ceremony. This paper reviewed using an anthropolinguistic approach with the analytic parameters are interconnection, valuability, and sustainability. The qualitative paradigm with ethnography model used in this study.
Keywords: Batak women, Tonggotonggo, Martonggo-Tonggo, Antropolinguistic
Topic: Gender and Fertility