THE KINSHIP OF “DALIHAN NA TOLU” OF BATAK CULTURE IN INDONESIA

Abstract

Batak kinship (in Batak language called partuturon) are fundamental to determine one's
position in Batak's culture custom called DalihannaTolu. This study portrayed the kinship
systems of DalihannaTolu (three places in the Batak traditions consisting of dongantubu(the
relatives with the patriarch surnames or of the identical family names/marga), boru (the
relatives from sisters), andhula-hula(the relatives from wife's surnames). The purpose wasto
gain a robust and complete comprehending of the Batak kindships of DalihannaTolu in the
context of Batak customs/tradition. It contributes to Batak kinship's knowledge of the
relationship, the positions, and the proper terms of other people's addresses. Data for this
research are the kinship and the standard terms of the address of DalihannaTolu. The
procedures of data analysis: first, gathering the data from books, internet, and
informationfrom interviewing two Batak natives; next, identifying and classifying the data
following the kinship systems of DalihannaTolu; and the last, writing the report of the
research. Kinship of DalihannaTolu covers three positions in Batak society representing the
three crucial positions in Batak kinship (hula-hula, dongantubu,andboru).