INTRODUCTION
1.1 The background of study Indonesia is a
country of republic. It consists of thousand islands. The society of Indonesia has several of ethnic
groups. North Sumatra province for instance
can be divided into five ethnics such as Batak Toba, Karo, Mandailing, Pak-Pak, Nias. Karo is one of them. Karonese
usually lives in one regional of Karo,
but they also live in the outside of Karo such as Langkat, Dairi, Pak-pak, Aceh Tenggara. According to Hinkel (1999:1)
states that culture is the fields of inquiry
into human societies, groups, systems, behaviours and activities.
Indonesian culture has been
shaped by long interaction between original indigenous customs and multiple foreign
influences. Indonesia is central along ancient
trading routes between the far east and the midlle east, resulting in many cultural practices being being strongly
influenced by a multitude of religions, including
Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Islam. ( Wikipedia, 2011 ) Pengkayah is
one of method to find the goods that lost in the past, by shaman as a mediator. Pengkayah is used in the
past before the karonese has not laws.
We know that the law is very important in our life. Because, law makes someone
be cured of a bad habit likes thief, killer, and steal. It is the same as law in the past. The traditional culture likes
Pengkayah have an important role in life.
Pengkayah is one method to help
the karonese handling the life.
Based on the explanation above,
The writer is interested in describing the title “ Description of Pengkayah and Society
in Kidupen Village “ because the writer wants to describe about Karonese Culture
in nowadays and the writer keepss the
karonese culture.
1.2 The
Objective of Study The objectives of the study are : To describe the contents of Pengkayah culture
of Karo society.
To describe the kinds of Pengkayah culture.
To fill up one of requirement to finish my
study from Faculty of Cultural Science
University of Sumatera Utara.
1.3 The Scope of the study In
this study focused to describe about Pengkayah in Kidupen village. In addition the writer wants to describe where
Pengkayah is usually done in Karo region,
the contents of Pengkayah, and the effect of Pengkayah.
1.4 The Method of the Study The
writer uses field and library research. In field research the writer has asked some resources in Kidupen village. Completing
this study the writer also reads and
collect some books as references in library research.
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