MAKNA SIMBOL GERAK TARIAN TORTOR DALAM UPACARA PERKAWINAN SUB ETNIS BATAK TOBA DI KECAMATAN BALIGE KABUPATEN TOBA SAMOSIR PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA
Abstrak: Tortor is one
of the
art cultural of Batak dance
which is moving
entire body with
the rhythm by gondang, with the center of the movement of the hands and
fingers, feet and legs, back and shoulders.
Tortor dances are
preserverd the existency
which is always
used in Batak Toba
traditionals events including
the wedding party.
The research purposes
is to determine symbol
meaning of tortor
dance sign in
a wedding party,
to know how to
understanding of the meaning of symbol meaning of tortor dance sign in a
wedding party and to know the movements symbol meaning of tortor dance sign in
a wedding party of batak toba sub-ethnic in balige district.
This research uses qualitative descriptive method based on the fact in
the field through observations,
interviews and documentations. Location
of the research
took place in the
Balige district with research schedule in May 2014 until July 2014. Informants
in this study amounted to
7 peoples. Data
analysis technique is used interactive
analysis model by
data validity checking techniques The
result of this research
shows that tortor
dance in a wedding party is art
of Batak culture that has its own
benefits, in spite of having unique to tell the meaning in dance, also become a process
of giving and receiving Batak custom in Dalihan
Na tolu system
through nonverbal
communication that uses
of symbols. The
the meaning was
contained in the message symbol of tortor dance in a
wedding party is not only describeb by every movements, but also for music of
tortor dance in wedding party which is called gondang. Understanding of the
meaning of the message symbol is very important to understand instead of just
simply enjoy the aesthetic
beauty of this
dance but as
Batak toba society
should stil preserve
the Batak culture which is hereditary. The survey results revealed that
many people do not know the meaning of
tortor dance in
wedding party. The
movements for women’s
clothing have been wearing kebaya
inside and the outside of clothing wrapped by ulos. Ulos that used have been
modified be modern. In a wedding party in Balige district not using gondang
music, but replaced with a
keyboard music, keyboard
music selected which
the reasons are
more practical and also more modern.
Penulis: Elita Br. Pandiangan
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd140352
