Abstract:
This research deals with Semiotic Study on Wedding Ceremony Symbols in
Malay Asahan Culture. The objectives of the study were to describe the meaning
and to know the function of the symbols that are used on wedding ceremony in
Malay Asahan Culture. This study used qualitative research. The data for this
study were the materials on wedding ceremony in Malay Asahan Culture. The
sources of the data for this research was an informants who known as cultural
figures which called Tok Laut who interviewed by the researcher to get
information about the meanings and functions. The data were analyzed by using
Pierce‟s theory. The researcher found 21 kinds of symbol based on meanings and
5 kinds of symbol based on function. After analyzing the symbol, it could be
concluded that each symbol on wedding ceremony contains different meaning and
also different function. These differences have given different interpretations
