Abstract
Batak Toba people are formed from kinship patrilineal systems which follow men side in lineage. Therefore, the position of men is more important than women. Traditional marriage of Batak Toba people is honest marriage where men relative has to pay certain amount of money or it usually called as bride-price to women relative. People of Batak Toba explained that honest marriage is a principal, beliefs and an attitude of magis religious (relationship between spiritual thing and their beliefs). The most important requirement for pauseang-field is honest marriage and giving bride-price (sinamot/tuhor). Bride-price must be fully paid by men relatives to women relatives. There is a consequences if men’s relative are not fully paid the money, men’s relative will have customary debt and must be done as traditional duty. Therefore, pauseang-field cannot be given to daughter and her husband. Tanah pauseang-field from parent (father) will be managed by her husband, because in Batak Toba, daughter could not own any inheritance.
Highlights
Land has important value and function for human needs
Batak Toba people is a patrilineal and genealogic which their relationship between members absolutely drawn based on male lineage, only male has a authority as a successor, as successor of family name, and the heirs of their father inheritance
Can be considered as Batak Toba family name, if their family name is in Batak and stay in Batak Toba area (Poespasari, 2018b) Honest Marriage is a traditional marriage of Batak Toba people
Summary
Land has important value and function for human needs. land is a precious asset for human’s living, because without land, human cannot live and doing their daily activity in normal way. In traditional Batak Toba law value system, land is symbol of wealth, which is why for people in Batak Toba, land is a precious heritage which considered as a part of their ancestors heritages that needs to be guarded, preserved and manifested. Relating to inheritance problem on Batak Toba people, they only considered male children as their legal heir. The original assets in form of original land (ancestor land) for Batak Toba people are the most essential rights to be maintained by their heir (male descendants), while female descendants is not their legal heir, they do not deserved parents inheritance.
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