Semiotics Analysis of Rumah Adat Bolon Batak Toba
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Semiotics Analysis Of Rumah Adat Bolon Batak Toba Wenny A. Hutahaean [email protected] abstract Semiotics Culture is the entire way of life for a group of people ( including both material and symbolic elements ). It has been existed since long time ago. Rumah bolon is one of Toba Batak culture in Samosir Island, North Sumatra .Rumah bolon very important to conserve and value preserve it beauty of culture which is drawn in symbols decorated in Rumah Bolon. This is a descriptive qualitative research done by observation, interviews some elders, and alsa by doing library research . Every symbols of rumah bolon Toba Batak has symbols different meaning. There are 19 symbols found in Rumah Bolon and analyzed by Dyadic and Triadic sign . The symbol of Hoda-hoda meanings the greatness, Boraspati meanings blessing and wealth, Sijonggi meanings virility, Adep- adep and meanings ferility and wealth, Desa Na Ualu meanings strength, Mata Niari meanings strength, Hariara Sondung meanings blessed, Silitong meanings powerful, Simarogung- ogung meanings glory and prosperity, Simeol- meol meanings joy and beauty, Dalihan Natolu meanings respectful, Ipon- ipon meanings beauty enhancer, Iran- iran meanings beautiful and wise, Sitogan meanings attitude, Sitompi and meaning is love, Ulung Paung meanings strength, Singa- singa meanings justice and truth, Gajah Dompak meanings truth, Jengger meanings rejection and safety.all this symbols are realeted a Culture of rumah adat Bolon Batak Toba and the social life in Bataknese ethnic society . Keywords : Semiotics Culture, Rumah bolon 1. Introduction Language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complete system communication and language is any specific example of such a system. Language is a patterned systems of arbitrary sound signals, characteristed by structured dependence, creativity, displacement, duality, and cultural transmission. In human language, the symbols are most arbitrary, and the systems has to be paintstakingly transmitted from one generation to another. Linguistics is a scientific study of language. Besides communication with language, humans can communicate with symbols and signs. Words are linguistic sign, similar in certsin respects to natural and conventioanl signs. Words ‘have meanings’ but rather are capable of conveying meanings to those who can perceive, identify, and interpret. Words go together to form sentences which in turn are capable of conveying meaning, the meanings of the individual words and the meaning that comes from the relation of these words to one other. In communication, the people mostly use a mouth to produce a sound unless for a unperfect man that is communicative by body language. Painting picture always as a form of communication, a symbol which is directed to other people. Why does it called as a picture , even it contains with message or communities something which is not written. Sometimes studying English need to see pictures the scientists believe that writing comes from pictures. Symbols are signs where the relation between signifier and signified is purely conventional and culturally specific most words. Everyone often communicates by very using sign or symbols. Symbol can not be separated from human life, it is important because it has many profit in human social life. Umberto Eco ( 1984 : 132 ) states that signs and symbols are messages, people often communicate by using sign. In Batak culture, it was founded so many symbols and the meaning especially in Tobanese Batak Culture. The one of rumah adat bolon, rumah bolon is a traditioanal Toba Batak house. Rumah bolon is symbol of identfy of Batak people who live in North Sumatra. In rumah bolon many symbol have meanings differential. Some people have problems to understand a symbols or sign as found in rumah bolon. In this thesis, the writer is eager to analyze realize rumah bolon symbols and its meaning in rumah bolon. In rumah bolon, there are a few symbols with different meanings. The writer is interested to analyze rumah adat bolon Batak Toba symbols, because they have separate meanings. By considering many things that can be analyzed through semiotics, the writer will specify analysis especially rumah bolon symbols. It takes some of symbols rumah bolon from internet and Library. The writer analyzes symbols of rumah bolon because she wants to know the meaning symbols in rumah adat bolon Batak Toba The objective of the analysis are as follow : 1. To find out symbols and the meaning in rumah bolon. 2. To find out The realization of meaning of symbol. This research is intended to describe the meaning of semiotics and the meaning of rumah bolon symbols in rumah bolon. Result of from it is research, there must be some significances : 1. to mention one of the culture as found in rumah adat bolon Batak Toba 2. to enrich students cultural knowledge by learning the meaning symbols of rumah bolon. 3. Another study of perspective in Semiotics. Study 4. For futher research to how know to do research semiotics. Semiotics In general, semiotics is usually defined as a general philosophical theory dealing with the production of signs and symbols as part of code systems which are used to communicate information. Semiotics includes visual and verbal as well as tactile and olfactory signs ( all signs or signals which are accessible to and cab be perceived by all our sense ) as they from code systems which systematically communicate information or messages in literary every of human behavior and enterpise. The Meaning of the Semiotics Morris ( 1972 ) : ”Semiotics is science about sign, and for human and animals,related with a spesial language or not, containing truth substance or mistake, according to or inappropriate, having the character of fair or not. According to Saussure (in Gordan Senosson,in trasti). One of its reputed initiators,semiotics was to study the life of sign in society”, and at second mythical founding-father, Charles Sender Pierce, as well as his forerunner Jhon Locke, convinced of semiotics as being the doctrine of sign. Letter in life,however,pierce comes to prefer the wider term ”meditation” as a description of the subject matter of semiotics. In semiotics theories Lamke defines semiotics as the theory of the production and interpretation of meaning. Doyle in Malmkjaer’s linguistic enyclopedia (1991:257) says, semiotics allows us to study the technical systems of communication using non linguistics signals ; to study the technical systems of communication using non linguistics signals;to study social communication and also can be used to study sign in the arts and in the litarature. Within the 16 discussion, semiotics is viewed as the study of signs and the ways in which sign systems convey (and are used to convey) meaning. Seitter in Greag’s book (1985:7) uses to joke that semiotics tells us thing we already know in a language we will never understand. Seitter explain further that semiotics first asks how meaning in created, rather than what the meaning is. Many semiotics try to define their”semiotics : based on the two founders of semiotics : Pierce (1839-1914) an American philosopher and a Swiss linguist, Sousure (1857-1913). Eco (1985:28) defines semiotics as a discipline concern with everything that can be taken as a sign. A sign, he argues, is everything which can be taken as significantly substituting for something else. Since semiotics is interested in finding rules and regularities, it types to describe these phenomena as generic function in some kind of system. But it must be admitted that these generic function are modified by the context in which they appear. Therefore, semiotics is not only called upon to describe similarities and dissimilarities between diffrent ways of conveying signification. But equally the different ways in which several system of signification collaborate at the transmission of meaning (spoken and written language, gestures and facial expression during a chat or as part of theater representation or a film ; that which may conveying by new media such as the computer,etc). In contras to the abstract approach characterizing earlier semiotics culture books at similarities and convergences between different system of signification in historical exiting cultures. Clark ( 1994:2 ) states that the exchange of messages between and among human being is known as communication. It means that nonverbal communication : facial expressions, gestures, postures, body movement, attire, grooming-contribute greatly to the mea ning of message. But we must remember that cultural and environmental differences often determine how this non verbal message wiil be interpreted. According to Alder ( 1983 ) there are five factors that cause us to interpreted an event namely : 1. Past Experience. What meaning have similiar events held? If for instance, we’ve been gouged by landlords. In the past, we might be skeptical about an apartment manager careful house keeping will assure the Ref und of our cleaning deposit. 2. Assumption About Human Behavior. A people do as little work as possible, ”in spite of their mistakes,people generally do the best they can”. Belief like these shape the way we interpret another action, assurance that 3. Expectation. Anticipation shapes interpretation if we imagine our boss is unhappy with us, we’ll probably fell threatened by a request to see me in my office Monday morning. On the other hand if we imagine that our work will be rewarded, our weekend will be filled with pleasant anticipation of a reward from the boss. 4. Knowledge. If we know a friend has just been jilted by a lover or fired from a job, we’ll interpret his behavior differently than if we were unaware of what happened. If we know an instructor is rude to all students, then we won’t be likely to take such remark personally. 5. Personal Moods. When we are feeling in secure the world is a diffrent place than when we are confident. The same goes for happiness and sadness or any other opposing emotions.