Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: January | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 231-236
Symbols, Functions and the Meaning of Wedding Clothes in Implanting Simalungun Cultural Values
Warisman Sinaga, Ramlan Damanik
Department of Batak Literature, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of North Sumatra, Jalan Universitas Number 19 Padang Bulan Medan
Corresponding Author: Warisman Sinaga
ABSTRACT
The research, recording, and documenting of traditional regional costume is an attempt to identify the return types of clothes worn by the hereditary society of a nation. On the other hand, traditional clothing is already rarely used traditional clothes, even though the person is a type of clothing that reflects the cultural values of the region, and is part of the national culture. Therefore research custom clothing needs to be done in an attempt to attract back the information clear details regarding the type, variety, meaning, function, and significance that is in the custom clothing. Semiotics is a science which helps to answer it. Semiotics is the study of a sign. In each of the signs or symbols have meaning or message delivered by communicators to communicant. The relation of semiotics with this research is as a method of analysis of the text in the research on traditional clothes Simalungun. The purpose of this research was performed to analyze the image of the symbol value, function and social meanings contained in traditional clothes Simalungun. In this research the researchers using theory of semiotics which was developed by a semiologi named Charles s. Pierce. The theory developed by Charles s. Pierce has a map of interconnected elements of the sign. The element is signifier, signified, conotative signifier, and conotative signified. Then the theory of local wisdom by Robert Sibarani. To get the research data in the form of qualitative and quantitative, observational method applied to techniques of fun and talk, method of recording techniques and interviews with noted, the method of documentation with the techniques noted and methods questionnaire.The research results are presented in narrative form with formal and informal methods.In this research found several components in traditional clothes for either man or women. On man the traditional clothes among other toluk balanga clothes, gotong, rantei gotong, doromani, hiou, hadang hadang( Suri suri ), ponding ulu ni begu, pisau suhul gading, hassing, tintin tapak gajah, golang harissungan (golang banggal), rudang hapias, ponding (belt) whilefor woman soja clothes, bulang, hiou, suri suri, bajut hundul, golang, panjetter (bun) and tintin pitta pitta.
Keywords: Traditional clothe Simalungun, form, function and meaning.
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