Traditional praying performance Martonggotonggo and dancing performance Marpaniaran for the women's health at the Toba Batak traditional wedding ceremony

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe (1) the role of Toba Batak women in the praying performance of martonggotonggo and (2) the dancing performance of marpaniaran for the women's health at the Toba Batak traditional wedding ceremony. This paper reviewed using an anthropolinguistic approach with the analytic parameters is interconnection, valuability, and sustainability. The qualitative paradigm with ethnography model used in this study. The praying performance of martonggotonggo expects the health for women and requires healthy women to support the performance at the Toba Batak traditional wedding ceremony. The dancing performance of marpaniaran show the women's health to dance well and long at the Toba Batak traditional wedding ceremony. The roles of Toba Batak healthy women are required very much in the praying performance of martonggotonggo and the dancing performance of marpaniaran.