THE REVITALIZATION OF TRADITION IN MANDI MARPANGIR

Abstract

This research was conducted in Matondang Village, Padang Lawas regency. The purpose of this research is to become a direction namely to show the revitalization of the Mandi Marpangir tradition as well as cultural values and local wisdom. Indonesia can be used as a comparison material for research on cultural values and local wisdom, especially those related to the Mandi Marpangir tradition as well as the deepening of knowledge and ideas about ideological meaning in anthropolinguistic studies. This researcher focuses on how to revitalize Mandi Marpangir according to customs and traditions in Matondang Village. Research informants are residents who live in the Matondang Village. Where the population object withdrawal is carried out when the researcher selects the entire population in the research location, namely fountains and rivers, which are the places where people do bathing activities. The author used a qualitative descriptive method and the data were analyzed qualitatively. The data instruments are observation, interview. The results showed that the Marpangir bath is a tradition that contains a special sacred value in which the community and its surroundings flock to the shower and river by bringing Pangir to perform the ritual of bathing together. The Mapangir bathing activity begins with pounding together the Pangir that has been boiled or brought by the community which aims to purify ourselves in welcoming the months of Ramadan and Eid Mubarak.