The Description of Mangain Marga In Batak Toba Culture

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to know and understand: what the meaning of Mangain Marga is and what the process in Mangain Marga is. The data from this paper is a form of the tradition of the Batak society. The method used in this paper is descriptive qualitative research, by collecting books, information from the internet and the Toba Batak society: Traditions are values, ideas, beliefs, habits that are passed down from one generation to the next, such as customs, arts and others Mangain Marga is a tradition of giving a clan to someone who is not Batak. This can happen because it is motivated by inter-ethnic marnages between Batak and Non-Batak tribes so that the non-Batak couple will get recognition in the family and customs as well as a position in Dalihan Na Tolu, if a clan is not given to the non-Batak couple then he will not be recognized in customs (even) though he is accepted in the family) and also will not get a position rights and obligations in adat After explaining the description of the Mangain Marga tradition in the Toba Batak culture, the author finds that a Toba Batak who wants to marry and form a household with a non-Batak Toba partner must carry out the Mangain Marga tradition to get a clan.