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AN ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLS IN TOBA BATAK TRADITIONAL HOUSE A THESIS BY LILIS HANDAYANI NAPITUPULU REG. NO. 140721025 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AN ANALYSIS OF SYMBOLS IN TOBA BATAK TRADITIONAL HOUSE A THESIS BY LILIS HANDAYANI NAPITUPULU REG. NO. 140721025 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Ridwan Hanafiah, SH., MA Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA., Ph.D NIP. 19560705 198903 1 002 NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002 SUBMITTED TO FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENT FOR DEGREE OF SARJANA SASTRA FROM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2016 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA (USU) MEDAN AS A THESIS FOR THE SARJANA SASTRA EXAMINATION Head, Secretary, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA, Ph.D NIP. 19541117 1980031 002 NIP. 19750209 200812 002 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF SARJANA SASTRA FROM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA THE EXAMINATION IS HELD IN DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON ……………… Dean Faculty of Cultural Studies Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 19600805198703 1 001 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, LILIS HANDAYANI NAPITUPULU DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : ........................ Date : 2016 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION Name : LILIS HANDAYANI NAPITUPULU Title of Thesis : An Analysis of Symbols in Toba Batak Traditional House Qualification : S-1 / Sarjana Sastra Department : English I am willing that my thesis should be available for reproduction at the discretion of the Librarian of the English Department Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under the law of the Republic of Indonesia. Signed : ..................... Date : 2016 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, the writer would like thank and praise to Lord Jesus Christ, The Almighty God, for blessing me in completing this thesis as one of the requirements to get a Diploma certificate in English Department at Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara. The writer would like to express gratitude to the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies Dr. Drs. Budi Agustono, M.S. and the Head of English Department Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, MS. The writer would like to express special gratitude to her supervisor Dr. Ridwan Hanafiah, SH, MA and her co-supervisor Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA., Ph.D for their willingness to spend their valuable time and guidance this thesis and to give suggestion and criticism during the process of writing. The writer also thank to other lecturers of English Department who have contributed their knowledge in teaching the writer during academic years. The writer would like to express most special thank to her beloved parents, Drs. Marihot Napitupulu, SE and Rosita Saragih, SKM, M.Kes for their love and patience, supporting the writer morally, spiritually, and financially in completing this thesis. The writer also would like to thank her lovely brothers Tumpal Roy Napitupulu, S.Th. and Try Putra Napitupulu and her lovely sister Dewi Fortuna Napitupulu. The writer would like to express most special thank to her dearest man, her special one and only one Horas Sinurat, SE. The writer would like to thank for everything that they have passed together. The writer would like to thank her friends in English Department of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara in 2014 academic year for all the supports. May God always bless them all. Medan, 2016 Lilis Handayani Napitupulu 140721025 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT The title of this thesis is ―An Analysis of Symbols in Toba Batak Traditional House‖. The thesis describes symbols, the meanings of symbols and reason they are used in Toba Batak traditional house. The purposes of writing this thesis are to know the symbols, the meaning of symbols found in Toba Batak traditional house and the reason they are used in Toba Batak traditional house. This thesis uses qualitative descriptive method. Toba Batak Traditional Houses in T.B. Silalahi Center Balige is the primary source of data that also clarified by some speakers besides books that are applied as secondary sources. The result of this thesis is symbols in Toba Batak Traditional House have meanings in symbolizing Tarus symbol as prosperity and mother‘s love, Boraspati symbol as fertility, Jenggar symbol as strength, Singa- singa symbol as prestigious, Ulupaung as wisdom, Gaja Dompak symbol as truth, Santung-santung symbol as truth and law, Simeol-eol and Simeol-eol Marsialoan symbols as happiness and tolerance, Ipon-ipon symbol as beauty and harmony, Silintong symbol as faith, Simataniari symbol as warmth, and Desa Na Ualu symbol as balance. Keywords: symbols, Toba Batak traditional house UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Judul skripsi ini adalah ―An Analysis of Symbols in Toba Batak Traditional House‖.. Skripsi ini berisi tentang simbol, makna simbol yang ada di rumah adat Batak Toba dan alasan digunakannya simbol itu pada rumah adat Batak Toba. Tujuan penulisan skripsi ini adalah untuk mengetahui simbol, makna dari simbol dan alasan digunakannya simbol itu pada rumah adat Batak Toba. Skripsi ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Rumah adat yang ada di T.B. Silalahi Center Balige merupakan sumber data utama dalam penelitian ini yang juga telah diperjelas oleh beberapa narasumber di samping buku yang berkaitan dengan sastra sebagai sumber data pendukung. Hasil dari skripsi ini adalah makna-makna yang terkandung didalam rumah adat Batak Toba adalah secara garis besar yaitu simbol Tarus yang melambangkan kasih ibu dan kemakmuran, simbol Boraspati yang melambangkan kesuburan, simbol Jenggar yang melambangkan kekuatan, simbol Singa-singa yang melambangkan kewibawaan, simbol Ulupaung yang melambangkan kebijaksanaan, simbol Gaja Dompak yang melambangkan kebenaran, simbol Santung-santung yang melambangkan kebenaran dan keadilan, simbol Simeol-eol dan Simeol-eol Marsialoan yang melambangkan kebahagiaan dan toleransi, simbol Ipon-ipon yang melambangkan keindahan dan keharmonisan, simbol Silintong yang melambangkan iman, simbol Simataniari yang melambangkan kehangatan, dan simbol Desa Na Ualu yang melambangkan keseimbangan. Kata kunci: simbol-simbol, rumah adat Batak Toba UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ....................................................................... i COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................ iii ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... iv ABSTRAK ...................................................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................ vi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study .................................................. 1 1.2 Problem of the Study ....................................................... 5 1.3 Objective of the Study ...................................................... 5 1.4 Scope of the Study ........................................................... 5 1.5 Significance of the Study ................................................. 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ............................................. 6 2.1 Sociolinguistics ................................................................ 6 2.2 Semiotics ......................................................................... 7 2.2.1 Relation between Semiotics and Semantics ................... 8 2.3 Symbols ........................................................................... 9 2.4 The Batak ........................................................................ 12 2.4.1 Toba Batak .................................................................... 14 2.4.2 Toba Batak Traditional House ....................................... 15 2.5 Megalithic Culture ........................................................... 19 2.6 Previous Related Studies ................................................... 20 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA CHAPTER III: METHOD OF RESEARCH ................................................ 22 3.1 Research Design .............................................................. 22 3.2 Location and Time ........................................................... 23 3.3 Data & Source of Data ..................................................... 24 3.4 Data Collecting Method ................................................... 24 3.5 Data Analyzing