Dalihan Na Tolu In The Political Life Of The Toba Batak Society (Study of the Society Political Behavior During the Mayor's Election Period in Sibolga)
- DOI
- 10.2991/icosop-17.2018.20How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Dalihan Na Tolu, Power, Political Behavior
- Abstract
This paper discusses the political process of election of Sibolga leaders and cultural values of Dalihan Na Tolu based on the life of the Batak people in general as political dimension and cultural values that touch each other to fill the gap of life. The question then is whether the cultural value of Dalihan Na Tolu is applied in the political practice of the election of regional leaders. Applied of cultural values Dalihan Na Tolu commonly found in Batak people life as part of cultural life. Through a multi-concept ethnographic approach, the Dalihan Na Tolu in the life of the Toba Batak society in Sibolga is seen as part of the mimesis, the social-cultural network (genealogy) and human interaction articulated through the form of the political behavior of the people in the frame of power; choose and elected which is linked to the implementation of electoral system and the configuration of ethnic identity in the Toba Batak society in Sibolga. This paper gets an overview of Dalihan Na Tolu practice in the political life of the Toba Batak society in Sibolga during the mayoral election in Sibolga applies to micro-use; kinship, and localistic networks that are limited. In the macro form, Dalihan Na Tolu stands as a cultural value, the cultural face of Batak people in general, which is bounded by practical political practices.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Irfan PY - 2017/12 DA - 2017/12 TI - Dalihan Na Tolu In The Political Life Of The Toba Batak Society (Study of the Society Political Behavior During the Mayor's Election Period in Sibolga) BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social and Political Development (ICOSOP 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 130 EP - 138 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icosop-17.2018.20 DO - 10.2991/icosop-17.2018.20 ID - 2017/12 ER -