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Goatly, 2005, emphasizes that metaphor is an essential topic in linguistics to be discussed. Metaphor also find in cultural language. Marriage is one of the big tradition in Toba Batak tradition. In wedding ceremony they use formal utterances between bridegroom side to the bride side. As we know that there is umpasa in Bataknese tradition. In Bataknese tradition, umpasa has strong meaning as symbol of blessing, suggestion, and pray. Related to the topic in this study, the researcher found there have been a number of researcher dealing with application the metaphors. The aim in this research is to elaborate the types of metaphor in Toba Batak wedding ceremony. The researcher found a gap in this study. It can be seen in Carles theory Toba Batak people speak, they should speak based on the place, context, and should be polite butit is too danger if the utterances of speakers in wedding ceremony break the norms, principles and even the rules in society and it can be received by people. The research problem in this study, what kinds of metaphors are used categories is the Toba Batak wedding ceremony. The source of data in this research were informations or called Tetua Adat through direct interviews and direct observations in Toba Batak wedding ceremony, while the data of this research were the utterances gathered from parhata that are delivered of Toba Batak wedding ceremony.