Analisis Semiotik Tradisi Bermantra Pagar Diri di Desa Ujung Gading Julu, Kabupaten Padang Lawas Utara, Provinsi Sumatera Utara

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the semiotic spells (mantras) tradition of (Self-Protection) in the village of Ujung Gading Julu, Padang Lawas Utara District, Province of Sumatera Utara. This ritual is conducted based on the request of someone who is after the financial profit and still believes in magic and asks for it through a dickun (shaman) as his mediation.

This written and oral data employed in this study with descriptive qualitative method were obtained through library and field researches. This study was based on the semiotic theory by Charles Sander Peirce.

This Pagar Dri ritual is the one conducted to request safety or protection from physical crime such as robbery and accident or non-physical one resulted magical formula or mantras. The data for this study were obtained from the informants who arc experts in the field of shamanism.