Abstract:
The Objective of this research were to find out the kinds and the meaning of
semiotic of Mandailing’s Traditional House Bagas Godang in Panyabuangan City
especially Pidoli Dolok Village. This research used qualitative method in
accordance with the theory of Charles Sanders Pierce and based on the semiotic
fields especially Culture code such as architecture and ornamnet. The descriptive
technique was carried out in analyzing data by Huberman and miles with the steps
are reduction, display and verification data. The source of data was taken from the
people who lives in Pidoli Dolok by Observation and interview. The finding of
this research showed there are only six kids of semiotic in Bagas Godang are:
Sinsign (1), Legisign (2), Icon (3), Index (1), Symbol (13), and decisgn (2) and
the meaning of semiotic kind are conveying their hoping, advicing, rules/norm
and govermet system with what have been presented in Bagas Godang (Symbol).
It can be concluded that the following: there are three kind of semiotic from use of
semiotic Bagas Godang as the sign: Representamen the meaning by human,
object which present or is within “cognition” a person or group of people and
interpretent of someone based on the object it sees fit with the fact. Based on the
analysis there some meaning which as the rules of life for mandaling people, an
unique architecture to replace the things in universe into sign.
