The consistency of the Karo Village in preserving the tradition: A case study in Tebing Tinggi City, Indonesia

Junita Setiana Ginting; Edi Sumarno; Nina Karina; M. Azis Rizky Lubis

doi:10.31893/multiscience.2025482

Keywords:

adaptation

tradition

Karo Village Society

Abstract

Culture and tradition are two different things that go hand in hand in the lives of every social group. With these cultures and traditions, each community group will have characteristics that can distinguish one community group from another. Naturally, these communities will adapt to their culture and traditions, in their new habitat, so that the boundaries of the communities brought with them will fade and disappear. Other than that, there are also community groups that managed to maintain these constraints consistently in the new neighborhood, so that they could survive. This study attempts to see the consistency of the Karonese village in preserving the tradition in Tebing Tinggi city, Indonesia. This study employed qualitative approach. The data were then obtained through observations carried out in the village of Karonese Village in Tebing Tinggi city, interview, and library research. From the analysis, it was found that the majority of Karonese managed to maintain their traditions amid different social groups. More than that, the location is also far from the native territory of the community. . Although they can live side by side in harmony with the communities that live near their villages, the people of Karonese village do not want to lose tradition as their identity. Therefore, the people of the village of Karo collectively taught a variety of traditions that their ancestors used to follow downwardly in their places of origin. Some of these traditions are, “Rakut Sitelu”, “Merga Silima”, “Tutur Si Waluh”, annual work, guro-guro aron, and some traditional food that they still make.
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Ginting, J. S., Sumarno, E., Karina, N., & Lubis, M. A. R. (2024). The consistency of the Karo Village in preserving the tradition: A case study in Tebing Tinggi City, Indonesia . Multidisciplinary Science Journal, (| Accepted Articles). https://doi.org/10.31893/multiscience.2025482

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[2] Asari, H., Al-Rasyid, H., Tanjung, M., & Irsyad, M. R. (2023). The historical footprint of India-Muslims in North Sumatra: History and management of the Al-Mukhlish Tebingtinggi Mosque. Journal of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Societies, 7(2), 269–292. https://doi.org/10.30821/jcims.v7i2.18347

[3] Bangun, T. S. B., Ahda, M. I., Wangi, D. M., Humairah, N. I., Simanjuntak, M. N., & Siallagan, L. (2024). Degradasi amoralitas dan revitalisasi warisan masyarakat Karo melalui Rebu. Community Development Journal, 5(4), 6200–6206.

[4] Barth, F. (1988). Kelompok Etnik dan Batasannya. UI Press.

[5] Binti Supian, S. N. (2017). Toleransi Antar Umat Beragama (Studi Terhadap Hubungan Islam, Kristen, dan Budha di Sipitang, Sabah, Malaysia). UIN Sunan Gunung Djati.

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[7] Damanik, E. L. (2019). Gugung dan Jehe: Pembelahan etnik Karo di Sumatera Utara. Handep: Jurnal Sejarah Dan Budaya, 3(1), 1–32.

[8] Deli Data. (1863). Mededeeling No. 26 Van Het Oostkust van Sumatera.

[9] Ginting, J. S. (2012). Perubahan Sosial Budaya Merdang Merdem Sebagai Tradisi Pada Masyarakat Karo. Bartong Jaya.

[10] Ginting, J. S. (2021). Tebing Tinggi Keberagaman dalam Bingkai Toleransi dan Harmoni dalam Sejarah Tebing Tinggi: Kumpulan Tulisan Hasil Seminar Sehari Peninjauan Kembali Hari Jadi Kota Tebing Tinggi. Bidang Kebudayaan, Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Kota Tebing Tinggi.

[11] Ginting, J. S., Sumarno, E., & Karina, N. (2019). Kampung Islam di Tanah Karo: Kearifan Lokal Keberagaman Agama di Kampung Tiga Beringin dan Simpang Pergendangen, Kecamatan Tiga Binanga, Kabupaten Karo [Laporan Akhir Penelitian Dasar TALENTA (Belum di terbitkan)]. Universitas Sumatera Utara.

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[16] Mandelaar, J. J. (1930). Memorie van Overgave van het Bestuur over de Onderafdeeling Padang en Bedagai, Afdeeling Deli en Serdang, Residentie Sumatra’s Oostkust. Koleksi Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia.

[17] Nanang Arianto, Datuk Imam Marzuki, Siti Rahma Harahap, Susanti Hasibuan, & Elismayanti Rambe. (2021). History ideas from heritage of building sites Negeri Malayu Padang kingdom in Tebing Tinggi. Konfrontasi: Jurnal Kultural, Ekonomi Dan Perubahan Sosial, 8(3), 229–238. https://doi.org/10.33258/konfrontasi2.v8i3.160

[18] Nasikun. (1991). Sistem Sosial Indonesia. CV. Rajawali.

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[20] Reusen, V. (1992). Perkembangan Tradisi dan Kebudayaan Masyarakat. Tarsito.

[21] Sari, N., Ritonga, S., & Titin Sumanti, S. (2023). Konstruksi sosial Melayu Islam pada keturunan Batak Karo di Hamparan Perak. SIBATIK JOURNAL: Jurnal Ilmiah Bidang Sosial, Ekonomi, Budaya, Teknologi, dan Pendidikan, 2(3), 935–944. https://doi.org/10.54443/sibatik.v2i3.691

[22] Sari, W. F., & Marsa, Y. J. (2024). Cinta, perjodohan, dan Impal oleh etnik Karo. Jurnal Paradigma: Journal of Sociology Research and Education, 5(1), 383–395.

[23] Sembiring, R., & Butar butar, R. D. (2021). Tradisi Ngelegi marga dalam masyarakat Karo: Problema Identitas Integrasi atau Multikultur. ETNOREFLIKA: Jurnal Sosial dan Budaya, 10(1), 56–65. https://doi.org/10.33772/etnoreflika.v10i1.908

[24] Sumarno, E. (2021). Mencari Hari Jadi Kota Tebing Tinggi (Penelusuran Sumber Tertulis dan Sumber Lisan: Lokal dan Kolonial) dalam Sejarah Tebing Tinggi: Kumpulan Tulisan Hasil Seminar Sehari Peninjauan Kembali Hari Jadi Kota Tebing Tinggi. Bidang Kebudayaan, Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Kota Tebing Tinggi.

[25] Sumarno, E., Ginting, J. S., Karina, N., & Ananda, A. P. (2020). Tebing Tinggi as the central of Onderafdeeling Padang and Bedagei. Budapest International Research and Critics Institute (BIRCI-Journal): Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(2), 799–804. https://doi.org/10.33258/birci.v3i2.894

[26] Tarigan, T. (2021). Hasil wawancara [Personal communication].

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