INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Background of Study Indonesia
is one of country in Asia Southeast that consist 17, 000 islands so that it is called as archipelago country.
Indonesia is occupied of many kinds of tribes
and cultures which its own unique and characteristic about its cultures so that Indonesian has a motto “Bhineka Tunggal
Ika” that means unity in diversity because
sIndonesia has many diversity of traditions, religions and ethnics that influence of habitual action of Indonesian
so that they have uniqueness of tolerances. One of them is Mandailing.
Mandailing is one of sub of Bataknese
in North Sumatra exactly in Mandailing
Natal which is still holding the traditional custom firmly. The traditional custom of Mandailing Society is
come from the belief of ancestors that is
descended generation to generation and some of them believe and still practice it in their life. One of the trusts of
ancestors is Mystic.
Mystic is come from mystikos in
Greek that means belonging to secret rites.
Stace (1960:111) says, “But the relation of the one to the world in Plotinus is quite different from the relation of God to
the world as conceived in the theistic religions
of the West. In Christianity, Judaism and Islam, God is said to “create” the world but for Plotinus the world is an
“emanation” or “manifestation” ofthe one
or rather it is a series of emanation”.
The quotation means that mystic
is related to religion and creates of the world but according to Plotinus that the
cosmos arises out of the one by a series of emanations and relation between world and God
is quite different although each of
religions such as, Islam, Judaism and Christianity that God is said to create
the world.
The uniqueness of mystic among
Mandailing Society can be found in Longat,
sub district of Mandailing Natal Regency. The uniqueness of Mystic in Longat
has many kinds and the one of the old tradition that still live in Mandailing Society.
1.2 The Objective of Study In
writing this paper, there are some purposes that are: 1. To give information about culture and
tradition of Mandailing Society in Longat
especially the uniqueness of mystic as one of Indonesian culture.
2. To develop my knowledge about
the uniqueness Mandailing Society in Longat and shared to the reader.
3. The writer hopes this paper
can be inspiration to conserve Indonesian culture and always be love Indonesia.
1.3 The Scope of Study There are
many things that can be discussed in Mandailing Society in Longat but this
paper focus about the uniqueness of mystic among of the Society of Mandailing in Longat because nowadays
mystic is still strong culture in Indonesian
and most of people believe it. So, the writer writes this paper to conserve Indonesia culture. This paper is
divided into five chapters. The first chapter
is introduction, the second is the village of Longat, the third is the uniqueness of mystic, the four is findings and
the last one is conclusion and suggestion.
1.4 The Method of Study In writing this paper,
the writer used two kinds research; those are library research and field research. Library research
is done by reading some references that
related to the topic and field research is done by collecting data and information that related to the topic by
interviewing of Mandailing Society who know
about this topic.
1.5 The Significance of Study This
paper is written to provide the information about Indonesian culture especially the uniqueness of mystic of
Mandailing Society in Longat. The writer wants to introduce Longat as an area
that has a strong and interesting culture.
The writer choices Longat because
Longat is her father's hometown so the writer
wants to know about it and how this tradition is still practiced it because it is very valuable to her
family history and Besides it is
expected to enrich Indonesian culture
and useful to readers and also can preserve it in order it is not extinct.
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