Semiotic Study on Wedding Ceremony Symbols in Malay Asahan Culture.

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