Local Wisdom in Cultural Ceremony of Angkola Indigenous Community

Asrul Siregar; Amhar Kudadiri; Sugihana Sembiring; Narosu Siregar

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v8i24.4659

Authors

Asrul Siregar Department of Indonesian Literature, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Amhar Kudadiri Department of Indonesian Literature, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Sugihana Sembiring Department of Indonesian Literature, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Narosu Siregar Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v8i24.4659

Keywords:

Discourse, Inference, Local Wisdom, Mangupa

Abstract

Language is the foundation of human verbal connection. Discourse in language occurs when the actual meaning of what someone says extends beyond a single sentence. Interpreting a discourse requires an examination of speech acts from the speaker. Members of the Angkola Batak ethnic group in Sumatra, Indonesia, conduct speech acts during mangupa cultural ceremonies where the utterances contain inferred meanings. This study seeks to discover these meanings as they replete sound advice and local wisdom. By employing textual documentation, observation, and interviews, it is discovered that phonologic, pragmatic, and semantic discourses explain the utterances in the mangupa cultural ceremony.

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