| dc.description.abstract | This thesis aims to find out the comparison of the wedding ceremonies of the
Japanese people in Shinto and the Simalungun people in Christianity. The data
used are some literatures book on Japanese weddings at Takekoma Jinja Shrine
in Iwanuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan and Simalungun wedding at GKPS
Pamatang Raya 1903, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The
research method used is descriptive and data collection with literature studies.
The results of this study contain that in the wedding of Japanese people in
Shinto, there is a process of organizing wedding ceremonies such as arranging
the venue of the wedding ceremony, sanshin, shubatsu, homage by the master
of ceremonies, offering (kensen), recitation of prayers (norito), pouring sake,
sanken no gi, chanting vows, exchanging rings, musical offerings (gagaku),
tamagushi offerings, toast the bride and groom's family sake, retrieval of
offerings, final tributes, a word from the master of ceremonies, the handing over
of parcels. Simalungun wedding Christianly has a process of organizing such as
preparation before going to church, arranging seating, procession, votumintroitus-
opening prayer, sermon, wedding blessing, closing prayer and
blessing, then congratulations and thanksgiving. The comparison of these two
marriages can be seen from the different venues of the wedding. The audience
in the wedding ceremony of the Simalungun people, more attended, while in
Japan only close relatives and certain people. Both marriages have similarities
in procession, vow pronunciation, prayers, exchange of rings and objects. The
context of Japanese and Simalungun society is different because the views of
Japanese society are inversely proportional to the Simalungun people on how
important marriage is. | en_US |
