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Digital Funeral as Solution for Revitalizing Batak's Funeral Rites Mangokal Holi

Authors
Suzen HR Lumban Tobing1, *
1S3 Culture Studies student, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: suzentobing@ikj.ac.id
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Suzen HR Lumban Tobing
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_87How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Batak; Digital funeral; Mangokal Holi; Rites of passage
ABSTRACT

Tradition for the Toba Batak is a tool to construct and express identity. One of the main traditions related to the construction of Batak Toba ethnic identity is the Mangokal Holi ritual – the excavation of ancestral bones from the tomb to be put together in a mass clan grave on Samosir Island. The continuity of this tradition is hampered by the tendency of the Toba Batak ethnic to migrate to other areas. The tendency of the Toba Batak ethnic diaspora resulted in the implementation of complex Mangokal Holi in ritual socialization, planning, and funding. One of the solutions to maintain this tradition is to use digital technology, especially during the covid-19 period: digital funerals. This paper presents a review of related literature from various articles, documents, and other sources in accordance with the theme of digital funeral as solution for revitalizing Batak's funeral rite Mangokal Holi. Employing Arnold Van Gennep Theory Rites of Passage as the analytical framework, this paper examines three stages of rites of passage including separation, liminality, and integration to examine how digital funerals affect subjectivities and collective consciousness. As a results, this study shows that digital funeral in burial rites of Mangokal Holi can help preserving Batak cultural identities.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
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10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_87
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_87How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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