INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study Indonesia
is an archipelago country which has a beautiful nature that makes people of other countries interested in
coming to Indonesia. Indonesia also has
many tribes and ethnic groups with their own living cultures. One of them is Malay Langkat. Malay Langkat has rich cultures
such as dancing, wedding ceremony,
legend, hikayat, Games, and the others.
Among the cultures mentioned
about Malay Langkat. The writer chooses the
legend for topic in this paper.
Mois (1991:261) says, “Legend is
a description or statement which is ally
patterned story ornarrative, the background or historical period that is still
remembered by the community concerned,
which may connect past experience
withthe contemporary, which is ally believed to be true by those who deliver
it, and also by those who accept delivery of the story especially when the form ofsigns on the face ofnature that
seemed tovalidate the originalcontent of
the story ornarrative”.
The quotation means that the
history of Dewi Rimba is one of the legends in Indonesia. Her life was taken place long
time ago, and it is still believed by the society. So it is very important to write and
discussed about the Dewi Rimba life to
keep it well known by the young generation.
Sometimes, the term legend is
much abused synonymously with myth, tall tale, and history. Legend is different from
myth. Myth to be focused on explaining natural
phenomena answering in the natural world and legend is focused on individuals and their accomplishments. Legend
is also different from tall tales who
focus on hyperbole and innovations to a hero whom they do not belong for the sake of the history. Finally, legend is
separated from history by the fact that its content.
The legend of Dewi Rimba is one
of traditional stories found in Tanjung Lenggang,
Langkat. The writer is interested to raise the legend of Dewi Rimba as her topic since the writer wants to know
deeply and also to give useful information
to the public.
1.2 Problem of the Study Actually,
it is difficult to get information about the Legend of Dewi rimba because there are many people who do not know
about the legend of Dewi Rimba.
Besides it is very interesting
story to be known by us. It has varieties of meaning practiced on going of the legend, therefore it
is very important to be written and sharing
the ideas to the students.
1.3 Purpose of the Study In
conducting this study, the writer has some purposes. Firstly, to enrich the writing of Malay Langkat culture in
English language. Secondly, to know much
about Dewi Rimba. Thirdly, to perpetuate the cultural values so that it is not extinct. Finally, to introduce the legend of
Dewi Rimba to the readers or the public
and hopes they get knowledge about it.
1.4 Scope of the Study There are many things
that can be discussed in Malay Langkat society. It has various cultures, many beautiful places,
and many unique customs that can be talked
about. But in this case, the writer realized that the writer is far from
perfect, so the writer limits the paper
just to the legend of Dewi Rimba, as one of its culture. This paper divided into four
chapters. The first chapter deals with introduction,
the second chapter gives a brief explanation about the view of Tanjung Lenggang, the third is concerns with
the life of Dewi Rimba, and the last one
gives us some conclusions and suggestions.
1.5 Significance of the Study This
paper tells about a true love story between Umar and Sariah. But, their love was forbidden because the different
of status. Besides there was belief of
Orang Bunian in Malay Langkat community.
The writer believes and hopes
that this writing will be useful and enrich information on Indonesian culture, especially
Langkat. Besides, it can be used a reference
for the readers or students who are interested in analyzing Langkat traditional stories, especially the legend of
Dewi Rimba.
1.5 The Method of Writing Method
used to write this paper is field research. Therefore, all the data are taken from some informants. The informants
are the representative of Tanjung Lenggang
Langkat as Malay people. All of the informants have the criteria to be used as the sources of data.
To complete this paper, the
writer has also done library research and gotten some data at BPS. In doing the library
research, the writer went to the library
of North Sumatera University and the public library. These method are really helpful in give her important
information that was related to the papering.
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