Abstract:
The study discussed about the use of semiotics in the Batak Tribal Wedding
Ceremony. The objectives of this study were to describe semiotic signs found in
Batak Tribal wedding ceremony, and to find out the meanings of semiotic signs as
expressed in Batak Tribal wedding ceremony. This study applied a descriptive
qualitative method to analyze the data. The source of the data was obtained Batak
Tribal Wedding Ceremony. The data was taken by recording result of the Batak
Tribal Wedding Ceremony to find of semiotic signs by Pierce’s Theory . The
techniques in analyzing the data was using the theory of Miles & Huberman
(2019), that is data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing and
verification. It was found that 1) The meaning of icons, indexes, and symbols
expressed in the in Batak Tribal Wedding Ceremony, that including of icons are
mandar hela, the ring, pinggan pasu/sawan, aek sitio-tio, sitonggi-tonggi banana,
pinggan na hot, and bulung bananas. Then for indexes, they are Parpadanan letter,
Dekke simudur-udur, Boras the pear ni tondi, and Hepeng tuhor/sinamot.While
the symbols of Batak Tribal Wedding Ceremony, they are Jambar, Mangulosi, and
Napuran (betel leaf) and in the Toba Batak marriage ceremony, the presence of
objects in the form of signs is needed. The presence of a sign at the Toba Batak
marriage ceremony is one of the conditions for the ceremony to take place. Each
of these signs contains a very strong and sacred meaning. The signs are used by
each individual to express the intentions, hopes, ideas, norms, and thoughts of
each person to the bride and groom based on where they live. Each sign contains a
fairly complex meaning and function that is strongly interwoven with the Toba
Batak community
